Word of the Day: Pyroclastic

[chic]

Pertaining to the eruption of a volcano. The matter, pumice and lava, that spew from a volcano upon eruption.

 

[Rosemarie]

It was pyroclastic which was responsible for the deaths of so many when Vesuvius erupted.

 

[debodun]

Pyroclastic flows are more dangerous that the actual eruption.

 

[chic]

It's a good word though isn't it?

 

[Aunt Marg]

Large pyroclastic flows and mudflows subsequently rushed down St . Helens' west flanks and into the Kalama River drainage system (May 18, 1980).