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0 to break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this:
- I hate it when balloons burst.
- Suddenly the door burst open (= opened suddenly and forcefully) and police officers rushed in.
- The river was threatening to burst its banks.
- figurative humorous If I eat any more cake I'll burst (= I cannot eat anything else)!
- I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing.
- [ + to infinitive ] Tom was bursting to tell everyone the news.
- UK informal I'm bursting to go to the loo!
- Smoke started pouring out from underneath, then the truck burst into flames.
1 the act of breaking open so that what is inside comes out:
- a burst in the water pipe
2 a sudden increase in something, especially for a short period:
- a burst of speed/applause/laughter
3 to break open or apart suddenly, or to cause something to break open or apart:
- [ I ] Fireworks burst across the night sky.
- [ T ] I thought I might have burst a blood vessel.
- [ I ] I was bursting with excitement.
4 a sudden, brief increase in something, or a short appearance of something:
- With a burst of speed, the horse won easily.

The whole town flooded when the river burst its banks.
The bag burst and the apples fell out.
She pricked the balloon with a pin and it burst with a loud bang.
The pipe burst and water was spraying everywhere.
He was driving along the motorway when his tyre burst.
His bursts of creative work were followed by periods of exhaustion, and these were often prolonged by pecuniary worry and under-nourishment.
Specifically, pregnant monkeys were placed in cages in a darkened room and exposed to unpredictable loud bursts of noise.
In the case of autism, binding-related gamma bursting looks very similar to that in controls, apart from not being modulated by face inversion.