burst

Example Sentences

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Officials caution the cold temperatures could again cause pipes to freeze and then burst.

From BBC

The 28-year-old burst through the static PSV defence to fire in his 12th goal of the season 25 minutes from time.

From Barron's

Over the past decade, a series of discoveries on Sulawesi has overturned the old idea that art and abstract thinking in our species burst suddenly into life in Ice Age Europe and spread from there.

From BBC

A police officer burst into tears as he was cleared of killing a motorist during a high-speed pursuit of another driver.

From BBC

This triggered a spreading chain of disruptions, each one stronger than the last, visible as sudden bursts of brightness.

From Science Daily