supereruption

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ eruption.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsuːpəɹɨˈɹʌpʃn̩/
Rhymes: -ʌpʃən

Noun

supereruption (plural supereruptions)

(dentistry) Overeruption. [from 20th c.]
The massive eruption of a supervolcano. [from 20th c.]
- 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 204:
  The Los Alamos mesa rested against the eastern slope of the Jemez Mountains, on the rime of the Valles Caldera, formed as a result of two explosive super-eruptions 1.6 and 1.1 million years ago.

References

“supereruption”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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