burst

verb
/bɝst/

To break from internal pressure.

Example

“I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.”

Other meanings

To cause to break from internal pressure.
“I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.”
To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
“I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets.”

Synonyms

split
break open

Example sentences

“A sudden burst of energy helped me pull through.”
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Word history

From Old English "berstan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “burst” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.