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pyroclastic

adj

Etymology

From pyro- + clastic, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and κλαστός (klastós, “broken”).

  1. derived from πῦρ — “fire”

Definitions

  1. Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.

    • Within sixty seconds, the entire area was razed by pyroclastic material with a temperature of nearly two thousand degrees Fahrenheit.

  2. A rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin.

    • The basic volcanics are altered andesites, porphyritic diabases and andesites, and various pyroclastics.

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