burst of fire

Example Sentences

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Then, we saw the spaceship, called SpaceShipTwo, separate and a burst of fire shoot out from the rocket nozzle at the rear of the ship.

From New York Times • May 1, 2021

“The burst of fire, together with the sounds of rupture, caused several pad personnel to believe that the command module had exploded or was about to explode,” it states.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2017

Sample burst of fire: Mrs. Prentice: "What's Miss Barclay doing in the therapy workshop?"

From Time Magazine Archive

In a burst of fire at night that lit the missile like a futuristic firework, Jupiter swept into the sky in a first-class launching.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a burst of fire behind me.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers