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View definitions for burst out

burst out

verb as in break

verb as in break out

verb as in exclaim

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When gunshots burst out, she ran to retrieve her child from school and returned to her house just as a bomb hit next door.

And, as a result, an interesting and important text has burst out of the archives and into public consciousness.

There they were, kicking it with George Stephanopoulos, when Dowd burst out with this observation on the Shutdown Showdown.

He was shushed but not before the entire table burst out laughing in agreement.

Finally, he burst out with an antsy, “Come on, I want to go to war!”

"In the night I heard the howling of a dog," she said, and then flushed up to the roots of her hair when we burst out laughing.

They burst out of the mouth of the canyon, a smoke-wreathed whirlwind, heading for the protection of the river.

I asked the conductor if he had been at the battle; he burst out laughing like a philosopher, as he was, and said "Pas si bete."

"Try to look madly in love," said my friend, ready to burst out laughing at the sight of the long serious face of his neighbour.

They raced eagerly for the patch of light ahead of them and burst out upon a valley of green.

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On this page you'll find 222 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to burst out, such as: explode, flare, flash, flicker, gleam, and glow.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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