fissure eruption

noun

the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent

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Words nearby fissure eruption

fissiparous, fissiped, fissirostral, fissura, fissure, fissure eruption, fissure of rolando, fissure of round ligament, fissure of sylvius, fissure of venous ligament, fissured fracture
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