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noun
A hypothetical volcanic eruption event, caused by a buildup of gas, which launches material from the crust and mantle into a suborbital trajectory, leading to further damage as it crashes back to the surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, volcanology
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Verneshot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From Verne + shot. Coined by geophysicist Jason Phipps Morgan. Named after French author Jules Verne, who wrote about a projectile escaping Earth's gravity (in the novel From the Earth to the Moon), which Morgan connected to his idea of an eruption launching material into a suborbital trajectory.
