火山突然喷发，造成了多人死亡。

The volcano erupted suddenly, killing many people.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 火山 huǒshān volcano
2 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
3 喷发 pēnfā
  1. to erupt
  2. an eruption
4 造成 zàochéng to bring about; to create; to cause
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
6 多人 duōrén many people; multiple people
7 死亡 sǐwáng
  1. to die
  2. death