wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
ERUPT
become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
MOVEAWAY
POP
a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"
burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon"
fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping"
take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves"
drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
hit or strike; "He popped me on the head"
hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop"
release suddenly; "pop the clutch"
like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop"
SNAP
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"
a sudden breaking
break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"
a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
close with a snapping motion; "The lock snapped shut"
the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"