burst forth

verb

To erupt.

Meanings

verbburst forth (third-person singular simple present bursts forth, present participle bursting forth, simple past and past participle burst forth)

present singular third person bursts forth · participle present bursting forth

  1. intransitiveTo erupt.

    I am inventing a language which must necessarily burst forth from a very new poetics, that could be defined in a couple of words: Paint, not the thing, but the effect it produces.

    1864, Stéphane Mallarmé, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    1 more example

    If Spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change!

    1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh

Synonyms & antonyms

verbjump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

Similar
Broader

verbbe unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

Broader
change stateturn

verbcome into or as if into flower

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic اِنْبَثَقَ
  • اِنْبَثَقَ (inbaṯaqa)to erupt, to emanate out of
Māori kowhera
  • kowherato erupt, to emanate out of
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Chicago

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