burst out

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Verb	1.	burst out - give sudden release to an expression; "We burst out laughing"; "'I hate you,' she burst out" rip out - burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath" evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"
	2.	burst out - appear suddenly; "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley" pop out appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
	3.	burst out - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" erupt, flare up, irrupt, break open, flare deepen, intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

burst

verb

1. To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure:

blow (out), explode, pop.

Slang: bust.

2. To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise:

blast, blow (up), detonate, explode, fire, fulminate, go off, touch off.

3. To become manifest suddenly and in full force.Forth or out:

break out, erupt, explode, flare (up).

phrasal verb
burst out

To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion:

blurt (out), cry (out), ejaculate, exclaim, rap out.

noun

1. A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves:

blast, blowout, blowup, detonation, explosion, fulmination.

2. A sudden violent expression, as of emotion:

access, blowup, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, gust, outbreak, outburst.

3. A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows:

barrage, bombardment, cannonade, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley.

Translations

prorompere

w>burst out

(emotions) → hervorbrechen, herausbrechen; (lava) → ausbrechen; she’s bursting out of that dress → sie sprengt das Kleid fast

to burst out of a room → aus einem Zimmer stürzen or stürmen

(in speech) → losplatzen; he burst out in fury → er zog plötzlich vom Leder

to burst out laughing/crying → in Gelächter/Tränen ausbrechen, loslachen/losheulen

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I burst out laughing, out of sympathy with her merriment; but Grant Munro stood staring, with his hand clutching his throat.

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"Oh, Tom!" she burst out, clasping her hands, "where are the books?

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A "Yellowstone Park" on Mars has been discovered where hot springs and geysers may once have burst out of the planet's interior.