Definition of "volcanic eruption" []

• The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "In a volcanic eruption between the islands of Thera and Therasia he saw a Divine judgment for the idolatry of image - worship, and in an edict (726) explained that Christian images had taken the place of idols, and the venerators of images were idolaters, since, according to the law of"