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Synonyms for eruptive

Adjective

1. eruptive, volcanic, extrusive (vs. intrusive)
usage: igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian"
2. irruptive, eruptive, plutonic, intrusive (vs. extrusive)
usage: of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro
3. eruptive, active (vs. dormant) (vs. extinct)
usage: erupting or tending to erupt; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"
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