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Verb: burst forth  burst forth
  1. Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
    "His anger burst forth";
    - explode, break loose
     
  2. Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
    "The children burst forth to surprise their father";
    - leap out, rush out, sally out
     
  3. Come into or as if into flower
    "These manifestations burst forth in the past";
    - effloresce

Derived forms: bursts forth, burst forth, bursting forth

Type of: appear, bloom, blossom, change state, flower, turn