Definition of burst

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Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..

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Dissilient :: Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp..
Shout :: Shout (n.) A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage..
Explode :: Explode (v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire..
Burst :: Burst (n.) A rupture or hernia; a breach.
Storm :: Storm (n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence..
Outbreak :: Outbreak (n.) A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.
Explosive :: Explosive (a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder..
Aburst :: Aburst (adv.) In a bursting condition.
Explosion :: Explosion (n.) A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath..
Volley :: Volley (n.) A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words..
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc..
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..
Bursten :: Bursten () p. p. of Burst, v. i..
Endorhizous :: Endorhizous (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat..
Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..
Flame :: Flame (n.) To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
Dissilition :: Dissilition (n.) The act of bursting or springing apart.
Cloud-burst :: Cloud-burst (n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once..
Split :: Split (v. i.) To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them..
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