verneshot

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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.

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Meanings

verneshot1

nounverneshot (plural verneshots)

plural verneshots

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Verneshot.

Verneshot2

nounVerneshot (plural Verneshots)

plural Verneshots · alternative verneshot

  1. geographyA 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.

    They suggest that the Chicxulub crater — generally believed to be evidence of a meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs — was actually caused by debris from a “Verneshot” explosion in India, and […]

    2005, Andy Turnbull, We Need to Talk about the future of Canada, →ISBN, page 43

Origin

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.

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APA

verneshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verneshot

MLA

“verneshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verneshot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verneshot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verneshot.

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