Antonyms for eruptive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-ruhp-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrʌp tɪv |
Definition of eruptive
Origin :- 1640s; see erupt + -ive. Perhaps from French éruptif.
- As in explosive : adj volatile, dangerous
- She was delivered of a child on the 1st day of the eruptive stage.
- Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various
- Rheumatic and eruptive fevers are more liable to induce abortion.
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
- The second class of prominences are best described as eruptive.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- Measles is the most widely prevalent, eruptive, contagious disease.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague
- "Hell's red hole," came the visitor's eruptive outburst of amazement.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
- The hulls are recommended in gout and eruptive skin diseases.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 3 [March 1902] » by Various
- This is a valuable remedy for eruptive diseases of the tongue and mouth.
- Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
- Their out-going would be as violent and eruptive as that of lava from a crater.
- Extract from : « A Pagan of the Hills » by Charles Neville Buck
- The genus of mountain which we are now considering, is that of the eruptive kind.
- Extract from : « Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) » by James Hutton
- He recalled the "old man," thin-lipped, blue-eyed, eruptive.
- Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath
Synonyms for eruptive
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