extrusive
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extrusive (comparative more extrusive, superlative most extrusive)
- Jutting out; extruding.
- (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
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jutting out or extruding
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of molten rock forced on to the Earth's surface
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extrusive (plural extrusives)
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rock formed through extrusion
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extrusive