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Meanings of burst in English

Portuguese
estouro
Catalan
esclat
Spanish
explosión
Wikidata

The act of exploding or bursting.

estouro
Portuguese
voleio
Catalan
descàrrega tancada
Spanish
fusilería

Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms.

voleio
Synonyms
Examples for "volley"
Examples for "volley"
1
Five successive points later, Agassi takes the game with a simple volley.
The Guardian
2
The answer came back in the shape of a volley of cusses.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
3
His first time volley flew past Robles, and suddenly the game changed.
The Guardian
4
The boys may have been killed in the volley that struck me.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
5
Tsonga continues with some serve and volley and it seems to work.
The Guardian
1
In a final salvo, they said: Attitudes towards gay people have changed.
The Guardian
2
Labour has fired the opening salvo this week in the referendum campaign.
The Irish Times
3
A second salvo, of equal size, was curving round the south pole.
The Reality Dysfunction
4
This is the opening salvo in an orchestrated legal and power offensive.
Raging Heat
5
Various options for combat wasp salvo attack formations skipped through her mind.
The Neutronium Alchemist
1
Ali gave the signal by a pistol-shot, and a general fusillade followed.
Ali Pacha / Celebrated Crimes
2
There had been the one sharp fusillade and the fight was over.
Wolf Breed
3
Guns and hunters were everywhere, and the mountains resounded with the fusillade.
Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
4
Tucker sent a fusillade of automatic fire across them, the noise thunderous.
The book of spies
5
There was a scattering fusillade of applause as the tall conductor appeared.
The Short Line War
Portuguese
explosão
Catalan
esclat
Spanish
estallido

A sudden intense happening.

explosão
Portuguese
arrebentar
Catalan
rebentar-se

Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.

arrebentar
Usage of burst in English
1
The power from that sea burst, over there, must still be strong.
Surrender to the will of the night
2
Sergio Garcia burst onto the professional scene just over a year ago.
The Irish Times
3
Nora burst out laughing; and in the midst of her mirthfulness exclaimed:
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
4
Of course I burst into tears, I couldn't even say yes properly!
The Golem and the Jinni
5
Now it unfolded; it burst its bounds; it was a rhythmic stampede.
The Divine Fire
6
In an instant it all burst upon her; the whole splendid truth.
The Man
7
Sheffield town hall is hit as warheads burst over the North sea.
The Guardian
8
The savage tribesmen burst in the door and crowded into the room.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
9
House price bubbles thrust economies forward and crush them when they burst.
Reuters
10
The reality was that my bowel burst and it was very serious.
The Guardian
11
Daniel Casey made a great burst and fired over a quality score.
Independent.ie
12
Two minutes later, a young woman seemed to burst into the room.
Safe harbour
13
However, it's premature to say that the bitcoin bubble has definitively burst.
The Irish Times
14
It burst from the village in fragments, and fled in many directions.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
15
Officials say rains will continue and some reservoirs and dams could burst.
Reuters
16
The film's opening burst at the box office was certainly fairly impressive.
The Irish Times
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