Volcano
noun
A mountain with a hole on top or on its side that can let out hot, melted rock, ash, gases, etc.
Mount Vesuvius is a famous volcano that erupted in A.D. 79.
Often appears as...
- active volcano
- volcanic eruption
noun
A situation or condition that could lead to a sudden outburst or violent reaction.
The political situation in the country is like a volcano waiting to erupt.
Often appears as...
- political volcano
- emotional volcano
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A mountain with a hole on top or on its side that can let out hot, melted rock, ash, gases, etc.
Mount Vesuvius is a famous volcano that erupted in A.D. 79.
Often appears as...
- active volcano
- volcanic eruption
noun
A situation or condition that could lead to a sudden outburst or violent reaction.
The political situation in the country is like a volcano waiting to erupt.
Often appears as...
- political volcano
- emotional volcano
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomenon
Volcanoes are natural events, so use them to discuss geography or disasters.
The geography class learned how volcanoes shape landscapes.
Pro Tip 2/3Discussing Activity
Indicate a volcano's activity with adjectives like 'active', 'dormant', or 'extinct'.
The dormant volcano hasn't erupted for over a century.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Reference
Volcanoes are often found in myths, representing power or change.
In folklore, dragons made their lairs in volcanoes.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomenon
Volcanoes are natural events, so use them to discuss geography or disasters.
The geography class learned how volcanoes shape landscapes.
Pro Tip 2/3Discussing Activity
Indicate a volcano's activity with adjectives like 'active', 'dormant', or 'extinct'.
The dormant volcano hasn't erupted for over a century.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Reference
Volcanoes are often found in myths, representing power or change.
In folklore, dragons made their lairs in volcanoes.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomenon
Volcanoes are natural events, so use them to discuss geography or disasters.
The geography class learned how volcanoes shape landscapes.
Pro Tip 2/3Discussing Activity
Indicate a volcano's activity with adjectives like 'active', 'dormant', or 'extinct'.
The dormant volcano hasn't erupted for over a century.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Reference
Volcanoes are often found in myths, representing power or change.
In folklore, dragons made their lairs in volcanoes.
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The Dirty Side Of...
worlds one planet predominantly doing the antarctica program this was the chinstrap penguin shoot we went to an island called deception which is this active volcano it's actually a sunken volcano and on the caldera of it so on the rim of it is a spanish scientific base
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The colossal consequences...
characterized by a volume of erupted material, many times greater than that of ordinary volcanoes. And while the popular image of volcanic destruction is molten rock engulfing the surrounding land, far greater devastation is caused by what remains in the air.
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Why is biodiversity so...
Our planet's diverse thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks, even without cataclysmic events, like volcanoes and asteroids.
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Volcanoes 101 PIPE National...
across the world though countless others are on the ocean floor most volcanoes whether on land or underwater are located where tectonic plates meet in fact the ring of fire a path that
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Elon Musk: A future...
the probable lifespan of humanity or consciousness. Human civilization could come to an end for external reasons, like a giant meteor or super volcanoes or extreme climate change.
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Why I think inside the...
spitting clouds out of a Ganesh like trunk and her tail undulates through an analog mesh underworld catching on fire at the back of the volcano and terminating at a cycloptic
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Supervolcanoes 101 PIPE...
- Supervolcanoes are the most violent and complex class of volcanoes. But despite their destructive capabilities, they can also make way for life renewed.
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Is Humanity The Next...
it's not the lava or ash that wiped out life but an invisible gas released by volcanoes called carbon dioxide
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This Is What It's Like...
the volcano also bring to life and now the resource mines
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Kilauea Volcano Eruption...
no lands no life we can't control volcanoes but they're
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
worlds one planet predominantly doing the antarctica program this was the chinstrap penguin shoot we went to an island called deception which is this active volcano it's actually a sunken volcano and on the caldera of it so on the rim of it is a spanish scientific base
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
characterized by a volume of erupted material, many times greater than that of ordinary volcanoes. And while the popular image of volcanic destruction is molten rock engulfing the surrounding land, far greater devastation is caused by what remains in the air.
Video examples
Why is biodiversity so...
Our planet's diverse thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks, even without cataclysmic events, like volcanoes and asteroids.
Video examples
Volcanoes 101 PIPE National...
across the world though countless others are on the ocean floor most volcanoes whether on land or underwater are located where tectonic plates meet in fact the ring of fire a path that
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
the probable lifespan of humanity or consciousness. Human civilization could come to an end for external reasons, like a giant meteor or super volcanoes or extreme climate change.
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
spitting clouds out of a Ganesh like trunk and her tail undulates through an analog mesh underworld catching on fire at the back of the volcano and terminating at a cycloptic
Video examples
Supervolcanoes 101 PIPE...
- Supervolcanoes are the most violent and complex class of volcanoes. But despite their destructive capabilities, they can also make way for life renewed.
Video examples
Is Humanity The Next...
it's not the lava or ash that wiped out life but an invisible gas released by volcanoes called carbon dioxide
Video examples
This Is What It's Like...
the volcano also bring to life and now the resource mines
Video examples
Kilauea Volcano Eruption...
no lands no life we can't control volcanoes but they're
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Brandon Flowers
American Musician
There's always an excitement around the Strip whenever something new being built. It was always the biggest and the best hotel or, you know, over-the-top things. And so, family would be coming in from out of town, and it was such a thrill to be showing them this, you know, erupting new volcano or whatever it was.
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Claire Denis
French Director
I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's something in the landscape that's stronger than human civilisation. There's no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes.
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John Raese
American Politician
One volcano puts out more toxic gases - one volcano - than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this 'climate change,' and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells.
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Kate Pierson
American Musician
The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our lives depend on them. I feel very emotional when I'm singing 'Rock Lobster,' but I've wanted to sing more about my personal experience.
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Alan Stern
American Scientist
When we first sent missions to Jupiter, no one expected to find moons that would have active volcanoes. And I could go down a long list of how often I've been surprised by the richness of nature.
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Lapsley
English Musician
Maybe I'll want to go to Iceland and see the volcanoes, or attend some lectures, or go to Mexico and go to the jungle. On my own. With nothing whatsoever to do with music!
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Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.
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Pulkit Samrat
Indian Actor
Though I am a shy person at heart, I explode as a volcano once I open up with people around me, and then I am all fun.
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Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Quote examples
Brandon Flowers
American Musician
There's always an excitement around the Strip whenever something new being built. It was always the biggest and the best hotel or, you know, over-the-top things. And so, family would be coming in from out of town, and it was such a thrill to be showing them this, you know, erupting new volcano or whatever it was.
Quote examples
Claire Denis
French Director
I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's something in the landscape that's stronger than human civilisation. There's no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes.
Quote examples
John Raese
American Politician
One volcano puts out more toxic gases - one volcano - than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this 'climate change,' and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells.
Quote examples
Kate Pierson
American Musician
The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our lives depend on them. I feel very emotional when I'm singing 'Rock Lobster,' but I've wanted to sing more about my personal experience.
Quote examples
Alan Stern
American Scientist
When we first sent missions to Jupiter, no one expected to find moons that would have active volcanoes. And I could go down a long list of how often I've been surprised by the richness of nature.
Quote examples
Lapsley
English Musician
Maybe I'll want to go to Iceland and see the volcanoes, or attend some lectures, or go to Mexico and go to the jungle. On my own. With nothing whatsoever to do with music!
Quote examples
Ursula K. Le Guin
American Writer
We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.
Quote examples
Pulkit Samrat
Indian Actor
Though I am a shy person at heart, I explode as a volcano once I open up with people around me, and then I am all fun.
Quote examples
Havelock Ellis
British Psychologist
All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Example 1 of 10
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