OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 23297

pyroclastic

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piroclástico
Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.
The word "ash" is not a very good one to include all the mechanical accompaniments of a subaerial or subaqueous eruption, since ash seems to be restricted to a fine powder, the res…
Within sixty seconds, the entire area was razed by pyroclastic material with a temperature of nearly two thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
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