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erupt
erupt
v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former
East Bloc" [syn: {break out}]
2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the
country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd
irrupted into a burst of patriotism" [syn: {irrupt}, {flare
up}, {flare}, {break open}, {burst out}]
3: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn: {ignite},
{catch fire}, {take fire}, {combust}, {conflagrate}]
4: as of teeth, for example; "The tooth erupted and had to be
extracted" [syn: {come out}, {break through}, {push
through}]
5: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius
erupts once in a while" [syn: {belch}, {extravasate}]
6: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: {break},
{burst}]
7: appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she
had touched the exotic plant"
8: become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks
out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to
recrudesce" [syn: {recrudesce}, {break out}]


irrupt
irrupt
v 1: enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She
irrupted into our sitting room" [syn: {intrude}]
2: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the
country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd
irrupted into a burst of patriotism" [syn: {erupt}, {flare
up}, {flare}, {break open}, {burst out}]
3: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The
population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent
population irrupted" [syn: {explode}]


precept
precept
n 1: rule of personal conduct [syn: {principle}]
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: {teaching}, {commandment}]


preceptor
preceptor
n : teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge
or Oxford) [syn: {don}]


preempt
preempt
v 1: acquire by preemption
2: make a preemptive bid


preemptor
preemptor
n 1: someone who acquires land by preemption [syn: {pre-emptor}]
2: a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid [syn: {pre-emptor}]


prepupal
prepupal
adj : of an inactive stage in the development of some insects,
between the larval and the pupal stages; "the prepupal
stage"

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