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What is the adjective for volcanics?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs volcanize and volcanise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

volcanic
  1. (geology, planetology) of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes
  2. (geology, planetology) produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies
  3. (geology, planetology) changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
  4. (figuratively) reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. violent, fierce, furious, ferocious, tumultuous, turbulent, stormy, rough, explosive, rabid, tempestuous, hot, convulsive, cyclonic, paroxysmal, hammer and tongs, knock-down-and-drag-out, blood-and-guts, bang-bang, intense, wild, frenzied, passionate, fiery, raging, forceful, volatile, vehement, uncontrollable, heated, lively, feverish, boisterous, unrestrained, savage, blustering, flaming, heavy, vicious, impetuous, frenetic, frantic, agitated, strong, extreme, powerful, chaotic, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, impassioned … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “After hushed whispers and tense silence, the room erupted in a volcanic argument, with words flying like hot magma and tempers reaching boiling point.”
volcaniclastic
  1. (geology) Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pyroclastic, eruptive, igneous, ignimbritic, volcanic
volcanologic
  1. Synonym of volcanological
volcanological
  1. Of or pertaining to volcanology
  2. Examples:
      3. “He also made volcanological observations in the Andes, and he noted seismic events and structural features in the terrains of the Pacific coast.”
      “They say that it is critical for their research work, which is important seismological and volcanological research.”
      “In the following section, the results of the new field study and stratigraphic and volcanological interpretations are described.”
volcanistic
  1. Of, or related to volcanism.
volcanogenic
  1. (geology) having a volcanic origin
  2. Examples:
      3. “Some ore deposit types, such as volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, can contain both syngenetic and epigenetic mineralization.”
      “In addition to the volcanogenic sedimentary rocks, there are lenses of limestone, quartzite, shale and sandstone.”
      “Thicker tuff layers are turbidites containing volcanogenic material redeposited from the inner trench slope.”
volcanolike
  1. Resembling a volcano.
volcanian
  1. (obsolete) volcanic
volcanized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of volcanize
volcanizing
  1. present participle of volcanize
volcanised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of volcanise
volcanising
  1. present participle of volcanise
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