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plural volcanoes or volcanos
A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface. examples
A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks. examples
third-person singular simple present volcanos or volcanoes, present participle volcanoing, simple past and past participle volcanoed
to erupt; to burst forth quotations examples
She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again
1951, Phyllis Hambledon, Nobody's Child
Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.
2012, George Pratt, Peter Lambrou, John David Mann, Code to Joy: The Four-Step Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness