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Defenition of the word burst

    • Defenition of the word burst

      • To break from internal pressure.
      • A sudden increase in brightness along the path of a meteor.
      • To cause to burst.
      • A radar term for a single pulse of radio energy.
      • An instance of, or the act of bursting.
      • Break, burst in to pieces violently.
      • be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
      • force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
      • emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"
      • move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"
      • break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
      • a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"
      • 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")
      • break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
      • cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
      • burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
      • 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"
      • rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
      • a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
      • suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted'' is an informal term for `burst''); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"
      • the act of exploding or bursting
      • a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
      • rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
      • a sudden intense happening
      • burst outward, usually with noise
      • come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
      • break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
      • emerge suddenly
      • force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
      • move suddenly, energetically, or violently
      • cause to burst
      • be in a state of movement or action

    Synonyms for the word burst

      • abound
      • break
      • break open
      • bristle
      • bust
      • busted
      • collapse
      • erupt
      • explode
      • explosion
      • fit
      • flare-up
      • fusillade
      • outburst
      • ruptured
      • salvo
      • split
      • volley

    Similar words in the burst

      • damaged

    Hyponyms for the word burst

      • belch
      • blow
      • crump
      • detonate
      • detonation
      • erupt
      • extravasate
      • fits and starts
      • fulmination
      • go off
      • pop
      • rush
      • salvo
      • shatter
      • stave
      • stave in

    Hypernyms for the word burst

      • activity
      • bound
      • break
      • change integrity
      • change of integrity
      • come apart
      • emerge
      • express emotion
      • express feelings
      • fall apart
      • feature
      • fire
      • firing
      • happening
      • have
      • jump
      • leap
      • natural event
      • occurrence
      • occurrent
      • separate
      • split up
      • spring

    Antonyms for the word burst

      • go off
      • implode

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