Supervolcano

Quick meaning: Supervolcano is a noun meaning (volcanology) A powerful volcano, often having an explosive or cataclysmic eruption.

Meaning

(volcanology) A powerful volcano, often having an explosive or cataclysmic eruption.

Example Sentences

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.

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 [...]

Mosaic of Olympus Mons on Mars. The supervolcano is nearly 600 kilometers wide at the base and 25 kilometers high and is capped by a crater 65 kilometers in diameter. It is about five times larger than the most massive volcanic cone on earth, Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

Word Forms

• supervolcanoes
• supervolcanos

Synonyms for supervolcano

Depending on context, synonyms include hypervolcano.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include supereruption, hypervolcano, superexplosion, supersurge, supercycle, supervoid.

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