Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bursting up; a breaking a way up and through; an uprush: as, an upburst of lava.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
bursting upwards ; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
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Examples
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The machine, with its human freight, lifted in an upburst of smoke, and sank down a mass of wreckage and death.
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When you start with a blaze of sunshine and upburst of humor, when you begin with that, the proper office of humor is to reflect, to put you into that pensive mood of deep thought, to make you think of your sins, if you wish half an hour to fly.
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. 1910
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The machine, with its human freight, lifted in an upburst of smoke, and sank down a mass of wreckage and death.
The Iron Heel Jack London 1896
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When you start with a blaze of sunshine and upburst of humor, when you begin with that, the proper office of humor is to reflect, to put you into that pensive mood of deep thought, to make you think of your sins, if you wish half an hour to fly.
Mark Twain's Speeches Mark Twain 1872
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"We have seen a huge upburst in resistance," said CDC epidemiologist Dr. Laurie Hicks.
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"We have seen a huge upburst in resistance," said CDC epidemiologist Laurie Hicks.
Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles MARGIE MASON and MARTHA MENDOZA/The Associated Pre 2009
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"We have seen a huge upburst in resistance," said CDC epidemiologist Dr. Laurie Hicks.
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports 2009
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