PLINIAN ERUPTION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles

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Nouns denoting natural events

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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