plinian eruption

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   a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles

   Broadervolcanic eruption

Questions about plinian eruption

What does plinian eruption mean?

plinian eruption means "a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles".

Is plinian eruption a common word?

plinian eruption is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.