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  • plural of burst.
  • present tense form of burst (3rd person singular).
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bursts





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Robotic equipment removed the weapons’ fuses and bursters before the mustard agent was neutralized with hot water and mixed with a caustic solution to prevent the reaction from reversing.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

The story unwinds with histrionics and homilies, jazz hands and twinkle toes, overly busy camerawork and hookless lung bursters.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2020

But the dominant American managerial style is the busyness model, and it can hamper the productivity of bursters.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2012

Astronomers so far have identified about 30 X-ray bursters, all of them near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ay, ay, them fat little bursters, as you call 'em, are sometimes full of the devil.

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore




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