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(n)
A sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.
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(v)
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
(adj)
Having a rupture; broken, leaking.
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).
That has suffered damage.
To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.
(transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
(sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
(transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
Suitable; proper
The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
A burst, split, or break.
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
(slang, chiefly sports) A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory.
(transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
Very tiring; exhausting
A planned explosion, as in mining.
The act of breaking.
(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
The act by which something is broken.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
A process by which anything disintegrates.
A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
An instance where something splits.
A sudden strong rise or flow.
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
Alternative spelling of shakeup. [A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.]
Alternative spelling of breakup. [The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.]
(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
A severance payment.
(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
(figurative) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
(uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
(transitive) To complete (something).
A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
A very short period of time; a moment.
Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
(physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
(computer science) Occurring in abrupt bursts, especially of information
(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
(intransitive) To form cracks.
(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
A sudden bright light.
(intransitive) To explode, blow up
(intransitive, also figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
One who, or that which, bursts or causes to burst.
A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
(figurative) Having the appearance of an explosion.
Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
A surname from German.
(N)
Bursters (formerly known as Burstered is a South Korean metalcore band under Evermore Music.
The act or sound of something that pops.
The action or motion of something that bubbles.
The action of the verb to fizz.