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Synonyms for volcanic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : vol-kan-ik

Phonetic Transcription : vɒlˈkæn ɪk

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Définition of volcanic

Origin : 1774, from French volcanique (see volcano). Figurative sense of "prone to explosive activity" is attested from 1854.

As in excitable : adj easily upset or inspired

Example sentences :

Also, he knew the source of the red glow that had seemed like volcanic fires.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

The Colonel had seen his men safely to the bottom of the volcanic pit.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

The general inclination was to follow the lead of this volcanic man.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

His volcanic temper had become even more than usually uncertain.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

And in a moment the other shot off into one of his volcanic surprises.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Being there at such a crisis was like living in a volcanic land.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Like all the islands of the Atlantic, it is of volcanic formation.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Thorpe, during this hour that ensued, smoked with volcanic energy.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

But a volcanic eruption is sterile, the ruin of the fertile ground.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

I think the thing is worked by steam generated by volcanic heat.
Extract from : « The Pygmy Planet » by John Stewart Williamson

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