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bursting

ADJECTIVE
breaking open
Synonyms
STRONG
Antonyms




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Guests arrive beneath bougainvillea vines bursting with vivid pink blooms and are ushered through Robbins’ historic Craftsman-style home, built in 1908 and owned by her family since 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

His music sometimes reminds me of a multitude of wheels within one encompassing wheel—a sort of kaleidoscopic stasis that is actually bursting with variety and activity within.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

In a nod to Citrini Research’s AI doomsday report that went viral at the start of the year, he laid out a multiyear fictional look at the before and after of that bubble bursting.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Races begin with a bone-shaking roar, as the world's fastest-accelerating cars leave the starting line, flames bursting out of their exhaust pipes.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Kabir," she asks me now, "remember what I told you about caterpillars bursting out of cocoons, all rainbow colored?"

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman


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