Words Like BURST

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BURST.

29 Alternative Words Similar to burst

1 Fit Noun      Synonym Words Like Fit
2 Activity Noun      Synonym Words Like Activity
3 Fire Noun      Synonym Words Like Fire
4 Firing Noun      Synonym Words Like Firing
5 Happening Noun      Synonym Words Like Happening
6 Occurrence Noun      Synonym Words Like Occurrence
7 Occurrent Noun      Synonym Words Like Occurrent
8 Split Verb      Synonym Words Like Split
9 Break Verb      Synonym Words Like Break
10 Erupt Verb      Synonym Words Like Erupt
11 Collapse Verb      Synonym Words Like Collapse
12 Bust Verb      Synonym Words Like Bust
13 Bound Verb      Synonym Words Like Bound
14 Emerge Verb      Synonym Words Like Emerge
15 Feature Verb      Synonym Words Like Feature
16 Have Verb      Synonym Words Like Have
17 Jump Verb      Synonym Words Like Jump
18 Separate Verb      Synonym Words Like Separate
19 Spring Verb      Synonym Words Like Spring
20 Burst Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Burst
21 Bursting Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Bursting
22 Stretch Noun      Synonym Words Like Stretch
23 Expanse Noun      Synonym Words Like Expanse
24 Breach Noun      Synonym Words Like Breach
25 Fulmination Noun      Hyponym
26 Pop Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pop
27 Blow Verb      Hyponym Words Like Blow
28 Shatter Verb      Hyponym Words Like Shatter
29 Rush Noun      Hyponym Words Like Rush

10 examples of burst

1 the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring
2 to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors
3 to burst a hole through the wall
4 a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration
5 a burst of speed
6 The garden bristled with toddlers
7 erupt in anger
8 the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
9 a fit of housecleaning
10 a burst of lightning

10 definitions of burst

1 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.
2 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.
3 To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly.
4 To break.
5 To produce as an effect of bursting.
6 A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion.
7 Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt.
8 A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
9 A rupture or hernia; a breach.
10 be in a state of movement or action
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