outburst
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noun
1.
a sudden and violent release or outpouring: an outburst of tears.
2.
a sudden spell of activity, energy, etc.
3.
a public disturbance; riot; outbreak.
4.
a bursting forth; eruption.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a sudden and violent expression of emotion |
| 2. | an explosion or eruption |
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Example sentences
Fifteen months later, another outburst produced more menacing lava flows.
Outburst salt is rock salt collected directly from an outburst cavity, or from broken salt ejected from such a cavity.
There is scarcely one poem by him which is felt to be an outburst of unpremeditated, careless lyric rapture.
He wreaked havoc with his family and his two wives and no day went by without some outburst or perceived slight.
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