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PLINIAN ERUPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Plinian eruption" is a kind of...):
eruption; volcanic eruption (the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material)
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