Pyroclastic Definition

pīrō-klăstĭk
adjective
Of or having to do with rocks formed from material that was explosively ejected from a volcano.
Webster's New World
noun

A rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin.

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Other Word Forms of Pyroclastic

Noun

Singular:
pyroclastic
Plural:
pyroclastics

Origin of Pyroclastic

  • From pyro- +"Ž clastic, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pur, “fire"), and κλαστός (klastos, “broken").

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Pyroclastic Sentence Examples

  • The amount of volcanic material, consisting of both pyroclastic material and lava flows, is great.

  • Pyroclastic fragmental volcanic material that has been blown into the atmosphere by an explosive eruption.

  • About 60 million cubic meters of dome and crater wall traveled to the south as a debris avalanche and pyroclastic density currents.

  • On 25 June 1997, pyroclastic flows from an eruption resulted in the first deaths directly caused by the volcano.

  • Tuff A type of pyroclastic rock which is derived from the collapse of volcanic ash clouds.

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Words Starting With

PPYPYR

Words Ending With

CICTIC

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Words Starting With P and Ending With C

Starts With P & Ends With CStarts With PY & Ends With CStarts With P & Ends With IC

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With C