1
[ verb ] give sudden release to an expression

Examples

"We burst out laughing" "I hate you," she burst out.

Used in print

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

As he declaimed the sonorous measures , it was as_much_as Claire could do to restrain herself from bursting_out with her dramatic tidings .

Related terms

express rip_out

2
[ verb ] appear suddenly

Synonyms

pop_out

Examples

: "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

Mr._Podger was just adding this to his pictures of the day when the screen_door opened and Pam burst_out .

Related terms

appear

3
[ verb ] erupt or intensify suddenly

Examples

"Unrest erupted in the country" "Tempers flared at the meeting" "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

Related terms

intensify outburst

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