Volcano that inspired Bastille's song "Pompeii" Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BASTILLE (noun)
1. a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
2. a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
VOLCANO (noun)
1. a fissure in the earth’s crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
2. a mountain formed by volcanic material

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