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out·burst

   [out-burst]
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.
Origin:
1650–60; out- + burst
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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outburst
1657, from out + burst (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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