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effusion

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effusion
noun
1 a massive effusion of poisonous gas from a volcanic lake:
outflow, outpouring, outflowing, outrush, rush, current, flood, deluge, emission, discharge, issue;
spurt, surge, jet, fountain, cascade, spout, stream, torrent, gush, outburst, flow, flux, welling, leakage, escape, voidance, drain, drainage, outflux, emanation, effluence, exudation;
technical efflux.
2 (usually effusions) newspaper reporters' flamboyant effusions:
outburst, outpouring, gush, stream of words, flow of speech;
utterance, wordiness, speech, address, talk, words, writing(s);
informal spiel, verbiage.
effusion Oxford Dictionary of English