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Outbreak :: Outbreak (n.) A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.

Dissilition :: Dissilition (n.) The act of bursting or springing apart.

Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.

Upbreak :: Upbreak (n.) A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.

Dissilient :: Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp..

Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..

Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..

Bursting :: Bursting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burs.

Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall..

Outburst :: Outburst (n.) A bursting forth.

Irruption :: Irruption (n.) A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea..

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Explosion :: Explosion (n.) A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc..

Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..

Proruption :: Proruption (n.) The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.

Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display..

Eruptive :: Eruptive (a.) Breaking out or bursting forth.

Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..

Frondescence :: Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.

Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..

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