BURSTS Synonyms

• be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

• be in a state of movement or action

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

• a stiff hair

• be in a state of movement or action

• rise up as in fear

• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

• react in an offended or angry manner

• a complete failure

• the chest of a woman

• a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• lacking funds

• ruin completely

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• go to pieces

• break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

• fold or close up

• fall apart

• cause to burst

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• lose significance, effectiveness, or value

• start abruptly

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• start to burn or burst into flames

• break out

• become active and spew forth lava and rocks

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• appear on the skin

• become raw or open

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• burst outward, usually with noise

• show a violent emotional reaction

• be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

• destroy by exploding

• cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

• drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

• show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

• a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

• the act of exploding or bursting

• a sudden great increase

• the noise caused by an explosion

• the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

• a sudden outburst

• a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

• meeting adequate standards for a purpose

• physically and mentally sound or healthy

• a display of bad temper

• a sudden uncontrollable attack

• the manner in which something fits

• a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)

• (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

• be agreeable or acceptable to

• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

• make fit

• insert or adjust several objects or people

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

• conform to some shape or size

• provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

• fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction

• make correspond or harmonize

• a sudden intense happening

• rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

• attack with fusillade

• an unrestrained expression of emotion

• a sudden intense happening

• a sudden violent disturbance

• an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

• rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

• a sudden outburst of cheers

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

• a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

• be dispersed in a volley

• hit before it touches the ground

• discharge in, or as if in, a volley

• make a volley

• utter rapidly

• open with force

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• erupt or intensify suddenly