burst out

burst out
verb
1. give sudden release to an expression (Freq. 3)
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We burst out laughing

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'I hate you,' she burst out

Hypernyms: ↑express, ↑show, ↑evince
Hyponyms: ↑rip out
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s VERB-ing

2. appear suddenly (Freq. 1)
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Spring popped up everywhere in the valley

Syn: ↑pop out
Hypernyms: ↑appear
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

3. erupt or intensify suddenly
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Unrest erupted in the country

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Tempers flared at the meeting

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The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism

Syn: ↑erupt, ↑irrupt, ↑flare up, ↑flare, ↑break open
Derivationally related forms: ↑flare-up (for: ↑flare up), ↑irruption (for: ↑irrupt), ↑eruption (for: ↑erupt)
Hypernyms: ↑intensify, ↑deepen
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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