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UK
/ˈaʊtbɜːst/
]
[ US /ˈaʊtˌbɝst/ ]
[ US /ˈaʊtˌbɝst/ ]
NOUN
- a sudden violent disturbance
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a sudden intense happening
a burst of lightning
an outburst of heavy rain - an unrestrained expression of emotion
How To Use outburst In A Sentence
- But the outburst served to confirm the extent of his alienation from reality.
- 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
- When she had said this she looked at Vinicius with astonishment and regret, for he had disaccustomed her to similar outbursts; and he set his teeth, so as not to tell her that he would have given command to beat such a brother with sticks, or would have sent him as a compeditus Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero
- For decades, such films were low-grade romances with weak plots interfused with 20-odd musical outbursts.
- This is the more surprising given the many build-up signs anticipating much greater outbursts of millenarian fervor around the year 2000.
- Earlier, in a dramatic outburst, he claimed he was not getting a fair hearing after being refused permission to call a witness.
- Diana's house was crowded with happy people whose spontaneous outbursts of song were accompanied by lively music.
- Some of the children became prone to violent outbursts, irritability, nightmares, and insomnia.
- Clyde must have mistaken violent outbursts to mean outbursts of violence rather than intense, brief tantrums. DO NO HARM
- The present situation, of periodical outbursts in the press, is an inadequate way of fostering good relationships with the Asian community and does not encourage change and communal harmony.