verb
- Give sudden release to an expression.
- usage: "We burst out laughing"; "'I hate you,' she burst out"
- Appear suddenly.
- usage: "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley"
- synonyms: pop out
- Erupt or intensify suddenly.
- usage: "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
- synonyms: erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open
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