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burst
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[ verb ] break open or apart suddenly
Synonyms Examples "The bubble burst" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)By this time Henri 's entire chest back - lat shoulder area is pumped-up to almost bursting point , and Claude takes time to do a_bit more pectoral front deltoid shaping work . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I think you could have heard him a mile away , and he was bursting at every seam with importance . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)`` I 've been bursting my lungs for you '' , Mr._Jack complained . |
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[ verb ] force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
Examples "break into tears" "erupt in anger" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Steinberg obviously has concluded that it is the lyric element which must dominate in this score , and he manages at_times to create the effect of the whole orchestra bursting into song . Related terms |
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[ verb ] burst outward, usually with noise
Synonyms Examples "The champagne bottle exploded" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The night before , they had telephoned the Andrus_maid , Selena_Masters , and she had arrived early , bursting her vigorous presence into the silent house with an assurance that amused McFeeley and confounded Moll . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)The doors of the D train slid shut , and as I dropped into a seat and , exhaling , looked up across the aisle , the whole aviary in my head burst into song . |
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[ noun ] the act of exploding or bursting something
Synonyms Examples "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children" "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)As shown in Fig. 4 , an external antenna is placed over or around the patient and excited 3000 times a second with short 400 - kc. bursts . The energy received by the `` pill '' causes the resonant circuit to `` ring '' on after the burst and this `` ringing '' takes_place at the resonant frequency of the `` pill '' . These frequencies are amplified and detected by the FM receiver after each burst of transmitted energy and , after the `` pill '' has been calibrated , precise internal pressure indications can be obtained . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Sometimes a burst of aggressiveness will sweep_over a man - or his wife - because he or she feels age creeping_up . (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)Forty-nine hours after an atomic burst the radiation intensity is only about 1 percent of what it was an hour after the explosion . Related terms |
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[ verb ] move suddenly, energetically, or violently
Examples "He burst out of the house into the cool night" Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)They answered him in monosyllables , nods , occasionally muttering in Greek to one another , awaiting the word from Papa , who restlessly cracked his knuckles , anxious to stuff himself into his white Cadillac and burst off to the freeway . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (military,arms) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
Examples "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)His burst held for a second on the engine section of the plane . |
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[ noun ] a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
Synonyms Examples "a burst of applause" "a fit of housecleaning" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)I heard the screech of brakes behind me , an insane burst of laughter beneath me . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure
Examples "a burst balloon" "burst pipes" "burst seams" "a ruptured appendix" (`busted' is an informal term for `burst' as in "a busted balloon") Related terms |
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