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third-person singular simple present bursts out, present participle bursting out, simple past and past participle burst out
(intransitive, literally) To appear suddenly from within something else. quotations examples
Shouts and screams burst out from the television's speakers
2001, Matthew Reilly, Temple
They began scurrying to the sides, to make way for the rogue galaxy of bodies that had just burst out of the courtroom
2008, Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities
(intransitive) To display sudden powerful emotion. quotations examples
My parents exchanged amused glances and burst out laughing.
1993, Leslie Feinberg, Stone butch blues
(intransitive) To speak emotionally or suddenly quotations examples
As soon as the woman's back was turned, Joe burst out, "There, there! see what you've done with your damned foolishness."
2007, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Sport of the Gods