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Collocations for erupt - verb

ADVERB

violently
the volcano which erupted violently last month
suddenly
His anger suddenly erupted into furious shouting.
periodically
Epidemics periodically erupted throughout the 19th century.
occasionally
Violence occasionally erupts between the opposing factions.
spontaneously
The audience spontaneously erupted into a standing ovation.
finally
Michael finally erupted, jumping up from his seat.

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VERB + erupt

threaten to

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PREPOSITION

in
The crowd erupted in cheers and sobs of joy.
into
violence that threatened to erupt into a full-scale war
with
The room erupted with laughter.

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Erupt is used with these nouns as the subject:
applause, argument, battle, chaos, cheer, clash, commotion, conflict, controversy, crisis, crowd, debate, dispute, explosion, fight, fighting, fire, flash, furore, fury, gunfire, pain, rage, riot, roar, row, scandal, storm, violence, volcano, war

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