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Offline The Corvidian

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Re: Need Thesaurus help
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2008, 07:51:42 PM »
Geyser?
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Re: Need Thesaurus help
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2008, 02:22:04 AM »
"eructation" seems to work. My Unabridged has as a reference, "Mount Aetna hath, in times past, eructated such huge goblets of fire. . . - Howell."

"Eructation" also applies to belching. ;D

Devastation?

For air, "tempest"?
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Re: Need Thesaurus help
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2008, 05:08:33 AM »
"Eructation" also applies to belching. ;D
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Re: Need Thesaurus help
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2008, 08:04:19 PM »
something more...Grand *holds up fist in display of Might*  :P
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Re: Need Thesaurus help
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2008, 08:22:19 PM »
Earth is hard.

It has to be to keep us from falling through it. ;oP
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