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Noun
- a sudden intense happening
- an outburst of heavy rain
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
- our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
- the act of exploding or bursting
- the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
- the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
Verb
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- be in a state of movement or action
- The room abounded with screaming children
- The garden bristled with toddlers
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- He burst out of the house into the cool night
- burst outward, usually with noise
- The champagne bottle exploded
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure