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| crater |
a hollow area shaped like the inside of a bowl. The mouth of a volcano is a crater, and the moon has many craters on its surface. |
| erupt |
of a volcano, to break open and send out hot melted rock and ash. [1/2 definitions] |
| igneous |
having to do with rocks formed by a volcano or other source of great heat. |
| lava |
hot, melted rock that erupts from a volcano. [1/2 definitions] |
| magma |
hot, liquid matter beneath the earth's surface that cools to form igneous rock. Magma that reaches the earth's surface, as when a volcano erupts, is called lava. |
| tsunami |
a very large, often destructive, sea wave that is caused by an earthquake or explosion of a volcano under the ocean. |
| volcanic |
of, characterized by, or relating to a volcano or volcanoes. |
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