An outburst or eruption; an emergence from latency; a lapse from moral conduct; an unruly or violent misdemeanour.

breaking-out: an eruption; an outburst.

A breaking out; an eruption; an outburst of feeling or passion, of hostilities, of volcanic energy, fire, etc.

figurative. In many obvious applications of the sense ‘outbreak’: An outbreak of disease, war, calamity, or evil of any kind; an outburst of passion…

figurative and in figurative context. A tumultuous rush (of sound, tears, etc.); a vehement utterance (of words); a violent outburst (of censure…

An outbreak.

The action of thunder and lightning; thundering; lightening; an instance of this. Also in figurative contexts.

An outbreak or outburst.

An outbreak of violence, feeling, fervour, indignation, etc.; an angry or vehement utterance.

An overflow from a river, etc.; a flood; literal and figurative. on (a) float: in flood, flooded; = afloat, adv. 2; also figurative. Obsolete.

The action of overboil, v.

Confused with eruption, n.

transferred and figurative. A sudden and violent outbreak; a ‘burst’. Of physical phenomena: A gust or rush of wind (now dialect); a burst (of…

An outburst; an outbreak.

A sudden emergence of an emotion, etc., suggestive of blood suffusing the face.

shooting forth. an outburst.

The action of bursting out or bursting forth; an instance of this.

(a) the action or operation of ridding a boiler of water or sediment by the force of steam; also attributive; (b) figurative an outburst.

A blazing forth.

An upward outburst or outbreak.

An outburst or manifestation.

An eruption or outburst.

A sudden outbreak or outburst of feeling, action, etc.

The action of lashing out; an instance of this.

A slight eruption or explosion.

From the spectacular display of fireworks held annually at the Crystal Palace from 1865 to 1936: (a) fireworks; (b) a brilliant illumination at…