volcanic
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/vɒlˈkanɪk/
English
Definitions
noun
- A volcanic rock.“The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.”
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes“volcanic activity.”
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
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Synonyms
eruptiveextrusivevolcanoeruptionseismicfelsicashblow-outrashruggedactivevolcanoesexplosivemagmaticpyroclasticlava-like