Definition of burst

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Burst (n.) A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration..

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Ball :: Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball..
Pop :: Pop (v. t.) To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts..
Guffaw :: Guffaw (n.) A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.
Brast :: Brast (v. t. & i.) To burst.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..
Gust :: Gust (n.) A sudden violent burst of passion.
Eruptive :: Eruptive (a.) Breaking out or bursting forth.
Burst :: 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..
Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..
Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..
Florescence :: Florescence (n.) A bursting into flower; a blossoming.
Bursten :: Bursten () of Brest.
Breste :: Breste (v. t. & i.) To burst.
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show..
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..
Expire :: Expire (v. i.) To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
Ebullition :: Ebullition (n.) A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper..
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
Proruption :: Proruption (n.) The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.
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