Mount Vesuvius

[ (vuh-sooh-vee-uhs) ]

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Volcano, in southwestern Italy on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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It is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe. (Another, Mount Etna, is on the island of Sicily.)

One of its earliest recorded eruptions, in a.d. 79, buried Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae under cinders, ash, and mud.

After all, the Russians were about to mount a winter offensive of their own.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock sends the script--unread--to Thom Mount and his superior, Ned Tanen.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It occurs to me that Mount must assume that Hitchcock has read it--after all, it came from him.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the steaks are eaten, Mount, who has some skill in these things, brings up the movie.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On Monday Mount calls to say he thinks the script is terrific.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The scene is the covenant made between the two first persons of the Trinity on Mount Moriah.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
These hills, if we have to mount them, shall sorely try the thews of horse and man.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
An extraordinary eruption of mount Vesuvius commenced, which in ten days had advanced ten miles from its original source.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
When I am an old maid I am going to mount the platform and preach the training of the voice in childhood.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton