noun · rare

outburst

out·burst

outburst · outbursts

вибух

порыв, порыв ветра, взрыв

Windstoß

An intense period of activityAn intense period of activity.

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UK/ˈaʊ̯tˌbɜːst/US/ˈaʊ̯tˌbɝst/

» Your outburst made many people uncomfortable.

Meaning

2 senses

An intense period of activity.
The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.
a sudden intense happening
A sudden, often violent expression of emotion
an outburst of anger
a sudden violent disturbance

Examples

22 sentences

Your outburst made many people uncomfortable.
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Music is an outburst of the soul.
ruМузыка - это порыв души.
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What was the point of that outburst?
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They would unquestionably diminish his bellicose outbursts.
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Yanni is known for his emotional outbursts.
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to e

Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”). By surface analysis, out- + burst.

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