Supereruption

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒsuːpəɹᵻˈɹʌpʃnÌ©/

Origin

From - + eruption.

Full definition of supereruption

Noun

1. (dentistry) Overeruption. from 20th c.
2. The massive eruption of a supervolcano. from 20th c.
• 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin 2013, p. 204:The Los Alamos mesa rested against the eastern slope of the Jemez Mountains, on the rime of the Valles Caldera, formed as a result of two explosive super-eruptions 1.6 and 1.1 million years ago.