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Verb: burst out  burst awt
  1. Give sudden release to an expression
    "We burst out laughing"; "‘I hate you,’ she burst out"
     
  2. Erupt or intensify suddenly
    "Unrest burst out in the country";
    - erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open
     
  3. Appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly
    "The sun burst out from behind the clouds";
    - crop up, pop up, pop, pop out

Derived forms: burst out, bursts out, bursting out

Type of: appear, deepen, evince [formal], express, intensify, show