burst
/bɝst/ noun C1- An act or instance of bursting. · The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display. · I read it in two bursts.
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- The explosion of a bomb or missile. · a ground burst; a surface burst
Plural bursts
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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So, you see, our papers were quickly written out, and certainly do not come very expensive.” This joke elicited a fresh burst of applause.
The old father and Mercédès remained for some time apart, each absorbed in grief; but at length the two poor victims of the same blow raised their eyes, and with a simultaneous burst of feeling rushed into each other’s arms.
Her grief, which she had hitherto tried to restrain, now burst out in a violent fit of hysterical sobbing.
“What news?” exclaimed a general burst of voices.
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