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(verb) break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" |
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Synonyms: break open, split |
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Related Words: blow, break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up, stave, stave in |
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(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst" |
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Synonyms: bust |
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Related Words: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, shatter, split up |
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(verb) emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view" |
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Related Words: emerge |
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(noun) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" |
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Synonyms: fit |
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Related Words: activity |
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(satellite adjective) suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure; "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; (`busted' is an informal term for `burst' as in "a busted balloon") |
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Synonyms: busted, ruptured |
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(verb) move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night" |
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Related Words: bound, jump, leap, spring |
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(verb) burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" |
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Synonyms: explode |
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Related Words: belch, change integrity, crump, erupt, go off |
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(noun) the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" |
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Synonyms: explosion |
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Related Words: change of integrity, detonation, fulmination |
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(verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" |
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Synonyms: break, erupt |
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Related Words: express emotion, express feelings |
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(verb) cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" |
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Synonyms: collapse |
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(verb) be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" |
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Synonyms: abound, bristle |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(noun) a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning" |
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Synonyms: flare-up, outburst |
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Related Words: happening, natural event, occurrence, rush, salvo |
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(noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" |
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Synonyms: fusillade, salvo, volley |
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Related Words: fire, firing |
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