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Ball :: Ball (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball..

Volva :: Volva (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops..

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..

Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion..

Squib :: Squib (a.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack..

Flash :: Flash (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..

Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.

Blow-off :: Blow-off (adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement.

Cloud-burst :: Cloud-burst (n.) A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once..

Fracture :: Fracture (v. t.) To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull..

Split :: Split (v. i.) To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them..

Explosion :: Explosion (n.) A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath..

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

Guffaw :: Guffaw (n.) A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh.

Flare-up :: Flare-up (n.) A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.

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..

Volleyed :: Volleyed (a.) Discharged with a sudden burst, or as if in a volley; as, volleyed thunder..

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..

Burster :: Burster (n.) One that bursts.

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