burst

  • 21burst-up — burstˈ up noun 1. A complete break 2. Disruption 3. Commotion 4. Collapse 5. Failure • • • Main Entry: ↑burst …

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  • 22burst — index barrage, break (fracture), discharge (shot), discharge (shoot), outbreak, outburst, rend …

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  • 23burst in — index obtrude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24burst — vb *break, crack, bust, snap, shatter, shiver Analogous words: distend, swell, *expand: *push, shove, thrust, propel …

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  • 25burst|er — «BURS tuhr», noun. 1. one who or that which bursts. 2. a celestial body that is the source of bursts, such as an X ray burster …

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  • 26burst — burst1 [bə:st US bə:rst] v past tense and past participle burst ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(break open)¦ 2 be bursting with something 3¦(move suddenly)¦ 4 burst open 5 be bursting to do something 6 be bursting 7 burst somebody s bubble 8 burst its banks Phrasal… …

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  • 27burst — I n. series of shots 1) to fire a burst at outbreak 2) a sudden burst 3) in bursts misc. 4) she finally finished the job in/with a sudden burst of energy II v. 1) (d; intr.) to burst into (the mob burst into the room; to burst into flames; to… …

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  • 28burst — I UK [bɜː(r)st] / US [bɜrst] verb Word forms burst : present tense I/you/we/they burst he/she/it bursts present participle bursting past tense burst past participle burst ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] if something filled with air or water… …

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  • 29burst — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)st[/t]] ♦♦♦ bursts, bursting (The form burst is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) V ERG If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other… …

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  • 30burst — /berrst/, v., burst or, often, bursted, bursting, n. v.i. 1. to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence: The bitter cold caused the pipes to burst. 2. to issue forth suddenly and forcibly, as from confinement or through an obstacle:… …

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