Definition of burst

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Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..

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Explosive :: Explosive (a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder..
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Frondescence :: Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.
Burster :: Burster (n.) One that bursts.
Fracture :: Fracture (v. t.) To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull..
Outbreaking :: Outbreaking (n.) That which bursts forth.
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
Breste :: Breste (v. t. & i.) To burst.
Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed..
Hippocrene :: Hippocrene (n.) A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration..
Tantrum :: Tantrum (n.) A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air..
Volley :: Volley (n.) A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words..
Dissilition :: Dissilition (n.) The act of bursting or springing apart.
Dazzlement :: Dazzlement (n.) Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light..
Flare-up :: Flare-up (n.) A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
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..
Outbreak :: Outbreak (n.) A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.
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