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| Main Entry: |
gust
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, eruption |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow, breeze, burst, explosion, fit, flare-up, flurry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, puff, sally, squall, storm, surge |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wind or something in the air |
| Synonyms: | aroma, faint breeze, flatus, flutter, gust, odor, puff, sigh, smell, vapor, waft, whiff, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light wind |
| Synonyms: | air, airflow, breath, current, draft, flurry, gust, puff, waft, whiff, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | eruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ejection |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow-up, breakout, burst, discharge, explosion, flare-up, flow, gust, outbreak, outburst, sally, venting, vomiting |
| Notes: | eruption is breaking out; irruption is breaking in |
| Main Entry: | explosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eruption, discharge |
| Synonyms: | access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo |
| Antonyms: | implosion |
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, burst |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap, flaw, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outburst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fit of temper |
| Synonyms: | access, attack, blow, burst, conniption, discharge, eruption, explosion, flare, flare-up, frenzy, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, paroxysm, rapture, scene, spasm, storm, surge, tantrum, transport, upheaval |
| Antonyms: | harmony, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blast of air |
| Synonyms: | breath, draft, drag, draught, draw, emanation, flatus, flurry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp |
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