upburstn.
An upward outburst or outbreak.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of
outbreakinga1387
breaking-out1552
outbreak1562
eruption1598
storm1602
out-breach1609
fulmination1623
outflying1641
outburst1657
float1763
overboiling1767
irruption1811
gush1821
outflash1831
outflush1834
shooting forth1837
outbursting1838
blow-off1842
outblaze1843
upburst1843
upthrow1855
upbreak1856
spurt1859
outlash1868
spitfire1886
Brock's benefit1948
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 424/2 A violent upburst of clouds of scoriæ and ashes.
1872 A. P. Forbes Kalendars Sc. Saints 290 A scarped upburst of trap-rock out of the surrounding red sandstone.
1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxxv. 642 The great upburst of gladness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
> as lemmas
upburst
upburst v.
Brit. 
/ˌʌpˈbəːst/
, /ˌʌpˈbəːst/U.S. /ˌəpˈbərst/
/ˌəpˈbərst/ΘΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst
to-breakc888
briteOE
to-shenec950
abreakOE
forgnidea1000
to-brytc1000
to-burstc1000
to-driveOE
shiverc1200
to-shiverc1200
to-reavec1225
shiverc1250
debruise1297
to-crack13..
to-frushc1300
to-sliftc1315
chinec1330
littlec1350
dingc1380
bruisea1382
burst1382
rushc1390
shinderc1390
spald?a1400
brittenc1400
pashc1400
forbruise1413
to break, etc. into sherds1426
shattera1450
truncheon1477
scarboyle1502
shonk1508
to-shattera1513
rash1513
shidera1529
grind1535
infringe1543
dishiver1562
rupture1578
splinter1582
tear1582
disshiver1596
upburst1596
to burst up1601
diminish1607
confract1609
to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612
dishatter1615
vanquashc1626
beshiver1647
disfrange1778
smash1778
explode1784
bust1806
spell1811
smithereen1878
shard1900
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii5v But Calidore..The dores assayled, and the locks vpbrast. View more context for this quotation
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n.1843as lemmas
- to talk sailor
- to talk sense
- to talk sense into
- to talk sense into a person
- to talk shop
- to talk smack
- to talk some sense into
- to talk some sense into a person
- to talk someone's ear off
- to talk someone's language
- to talk someone'the same language
- to talk stable
- to talk stupidness
- to talk that talk
- to talk the bark off a tree
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey etc
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey horse
- to talk the hind legs off a donkey
- to talk the talk
- to talk through
- to talk through one's hat
- to talk through one's neck
- to talk through the back of one's neck
- to talk to