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supervolcano

noun

Etymology

From super- + volcano.

  1. derived from Vulcānus — “Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”
  2. borrowed from vulcano
  3. formed as supervolcano — “super- + volcano”

Definitions

  1. A powerful volcano, often having an explosive or cataclysmic eruption.

    • The stone went dark, and instantly the supervolcano burst with an unthinkable blast. A miles-deep plug of dark and hot earth flew upward, followed by a tremendous expanding cloud. Swirling, dense substance spread and thickened [...]
    • Sytau is rabidly volcanic; a dozen "supervolcanoes" 50-120 kilometers wide are erupting across the planet. Sytau's carbon content and constant volcanism make natural diamonds plentiful, if extremely costly and dangerous to recover.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA