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volcanic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
  • Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
  • Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
  • Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 556:
    • With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

    Derived terms

    * volcanically * volcanicity

    guadalcanal

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Guadalcanal) (en proper noun)
  • a volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands
  • a battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese