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I . burst [bɜ:st, Am bɜ:rst] N

1. burst (explosion):

2. burst MIL:

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After years of debt-fuelled stimulus used to fund investment in housing, infrastructure and excess manufacturing capacity, many believed the bubble was finally bursting.
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Powerful sopranos bursting wineglasses fits into the same category - sympathetic resonance at a distance.
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Her running gag has her unexpectedly bursting into tears.
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As a result, the neuron periodically transitions between bursting and quiescence.
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An infiltrator attempted to disrupt the march by bursting balloons, but was frightened away by booing.
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One of his childhood chores was to heat the water pipes in his family's basement with a blowtorch in the winter to keep them from freezing and bursting.
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The canonisation was greeted with the bursting of firecrackers and the toll of church bells.
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At this stage operations were halted because there was a danger of pent-up water behind the barrier bursting through.
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One common cause is the bursting of air bubbles, which are entrained by the wind stress during the whitecap formation.
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These actions were believed by many to have caused the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
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