Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sudden, violent display, as of activity or emotion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burst out.
- noun A breaking or bursting out; a violent issue or discharge; an outbreak: as, an outburst of wrath.
- noun In mining:
- noun A sudden outbreak of gas or water in a mine.
- noun The outcrop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A bursting forth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
burst out. - noun a
sudden ,violent expression ofemotion oractivity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an unrestrained expression of emotion
- noun a sudden violent disturbance
- noun a sudden intense happening
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Wilson, your outburst is a reflection of the lack of civility we see among our political leaders.
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We both think the whole issue on Governor Dean's "outburst" is being overplayed (big surprise) by the media.
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We both think the whole issue on Governor Dean's "outburst" is being overplayed (big surprise) by the media.
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We both think the whole issue on Governor Dean's "outburst" is being overplayed (big surprise) by the media.
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When we "blow up," our intense outburst is due to the fact that the higher functions of our brain are "off line."
Lisa Firestone: How to stop yourself from "losing it" with your child Lisa Firestone 2010
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When we "blow up," our intense outburst is due to the fact that the higher functions of our brain are "off line."
Lisa Firestone: How to stop yourself from "losing it" with your child Lisa Firestone 2010
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September 9th, 2009 10: 03 pm ET cong. wilson 's outburst, is the worse thing i have heard in the congress to a president.
GOP congressman heckles Obama during health-care speech 2009
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When we "blow up," our intense outburst is due to the fact that the higher functions of our brain are "off line."
Lisa Firestone: How to stop yourself from "losing it" with your child Lisa Firestone 2010
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The self righteousness of the politicians in their reactions to the outburst is pretty sad.
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I remeber a very un-pc outburst from a Hong Kong colleauge who was enraged at the enforced number of minorities pushed up into the managment ranks.
Do You Know Who I Am? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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