burst
IPA: bˈɝst
noun
- An act or instance of bursting.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- (archaic) A drinking spree.
verb
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
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Examples of "burst" in Sentences
- The pilot barely avoided the burst.
- The dances burst with verve and vitality.
- The roar of the bursting shells was terrific.
- A pipeline exploded with a burst of 3 kilotons.
- Burst blood vessels in the mucosa of the esophagus.
- There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder.
- At this moment Olga and Maks burst in with the camcorder.
- In a burst of rage, he hurls the young scientist to the ground.
- Isochronous burst transmission is a method of data transmission.
- Did he have a burst of mathematical activity as an octogenarian