Definition of eruption

• n. - The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.
• n. - That which bursts forth.
• n. - A violent exclamation; ejaculation.
• n. - The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.