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volcano

Definition

  • noun: a mountain with a hole in the top or side that sometimes sends out rocks, ash, lava, etc., in a sudden explosion (called an eruption)
  • noun: a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet or a moon from which usually molten or hot rock and steam issue

Examples

  • an active 'volcano' [=a volcano that could erupt at any time or that is erupting now]

  • a dormant 'volcano' [=a volcano that is not currently active]

  • an extinct 'volcano' [=a volcano that does not erupt anymore]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Turns out you were right about the whole El Macho thing, huh? Yay! One push of this button, and I send that rocket straight into the same volcano where I faked my death. Only this time, it's for real. No! Yam Tallyho! (..)
    2013 Despicable Me 2
  • (..) He died in the most macho way possible. with pounds of dynamite strapped to his chest into the mouth of an active volcano! Yeah, sounds like El Macho's pretty dead. They never found the body. Oh, no. All that was ever retrieved was (..)
    2013 Despicable Me 2