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Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Outburst :: Outburst (n.) A bursting forth.

Eruptive :: Eruptive (a.) Breaking out or bursting forth.

Irruption :: Irruption (n.) A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea..

Frondescence :: Frondescence (n.) The act of bursting into leaf.

Rupture :: Rupture (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion..

Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..

Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.

Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display..

Upbreak :: Upbreak (n.) A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.

Explosive :: Explosive (a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder..

Fragor :: Fragor (n.) A loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.

Inburst :: Inburst (n.) A bursting in or into.

Disruptive :: Disruptive (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery..

Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall..

Proruption :: Proruption (n.) The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out.

Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..

Bursting :: Bursting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burs.

Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..

Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..

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