burst
/bə:st/
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Definition
Noun:
- A sudden, intense occurrence: A brief, powerful event or release of something.
- A rapid, simultaneous discharge: A volley, as of gunfire.
- The act of exploding or breaking open: The moment something ruptures from internal pressure.
Verb:
- To break open or apart suddenly: To rupture violently, often with force and noise.
- To emerge or appear suddenly: To come into view or action abruptly.
- To be full to the point of overflowing: To be so full that containment is strained.
- To give sudden, forceful expression to an emotion: To express a feeling in an abrupt, uncontrolled way.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- A sudden burst of rain soaked everyone.
- The audience gave a burst of applause.
- The burst of the balloon startled the baby.
Verb:
- The pipe will burst if it freezes.
- She burst into the room, full of excitement.
- The bags were bursting with groceries.
- He burst into tears when he heard the news.
Advanced Usage
"to be bursting with": To be full of and eager to express (an emotion, energy, or secret).
- The children were bursting with excitement before the trip.
"to burst onto the scene": To appear suddenly and make a strong impression in a particular field.
- The young singer burst onto the scene with her debut album.
"burst at the seams": To be extremely full or overcrowded.
- The stadium was bursting at the seams for the final game.
Variants and Related Words
Bursting (adj, present participle): The act of breaking open or being extremely full.
- The bursting dam caused a flood.
Burst (adj): Describes something that has ruptured.
- He fixed the burst water pipe.
Synonyms
- Explode: To burst violently with a loud noise.
- Erupt: To break out or burst forth suddenly and often violently.
- Rupture: To break or burst suddenly.
- Outburst: A sudden, violent release of emotion or activity (noun form).
Related Phrasal Verbs
Burst into:
- To suddenly start doing something (like crying, laughing, or burning).
- The car burst into flames.
- She burst into song.
- To enter a place suddenly and forcefully.
- He burst into the meeting.
Burst out:
- To suddenly begin doing something, especially laughing or crying.
- They burst out laughing at the joke.
- To exclaim something suddenly.
- "That's not fair!" she burst out.
Burst in (on):
- To interrupt by entering suddenly or speaking abruptly.
- Please don't burst in on our private conversation.
Burst forth:
- To emerge or appear suddenly and forcefully.
- The sun burst forth from behind the clouds.
Related Idioms
Burst someone's bubble: To disillusion someone; to destroy someone's happy or false idea.
- I hate to burst your bubble, but that rumor isn't true.
Burst open the doors: To make something accessible or available suddenly.
- The new policy burst open the doors for more international students.
Noun
- a sudden intense happening
- an outburst of heavy rain
- a burst of lightning
- a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
- a burst of applause
- a fit of housecleaning
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
- our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
- the act of exploding or bursting
- the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
- the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
Verb
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- The dam burst
- cause to burst
- The ice broke the pipe
- emerge suddenly
- The sun burst into view
- be in a state of movement or action
- The room abounded with screaming children
- The garden bristled with toddlers
- move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- He burst out of the house into the cool night
- burst outward, usually with noise
- The champagne bottle exploded
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- break into tears
- erupt in anger
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- The bubble burst