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bursting

/ˈbɝstɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The act by which something bursts. · the burstings of balloons

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Anne, bursting into tears, rushed to the hall door, slammed it until the tins on the porch wall outside rattled in sympathy, and fled through the hall and up the stairs like a whirlwind.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 66 · C1
The Lion, bursting out into a great rage, devoured the Ass.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 54 · B2
“I really beg your pardon!” said my companion, who had ruffled the little man’s temper by bursting into an explosion of laughter.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 34 · B2
As soon as her doctor allowed her to put her foot out-of-doors she hurried up to Green Gables, bursting with curiosity to see Matthew and Marilla’s orphan, concerning whom all sorts of stories and suppositions had gone abroad in Avonlea.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 62 · C1

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