burster

noun

burst·​er ˈbər-stər 

1

: one that bursts

2

: the celestial source of an outburst of radiation (such as X-rays)

Examples of burster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nix is trailed by rookie burster RJ Harvey. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026

And people, when the chest-burster happened, were getting up out of their seats and leaving the theater. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025

That chest-burster moment bore into my soul. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025

Robotic equipment removed the weapons’ fuses and bursters before the mustard agent was neutralized with hot water and mixed with a caustic solution to prevent the reaction from reversing. — Andrew Demillo, Thomas Peipert, and Dylan Lovan, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2023

Robotic equipment removed the weapons' fuses and bursters before the mustard agent was neutralized with hot water and mixed with a caustic solution to prevent the reaction from reversing. — CBS News, 7 July 2023

Rubin says the elliptic burster model naturally produces the same pattern as Photinus carolinus, known to emit bursts of flashes separated by quiet periods. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2022

Elapsed time from face-hugger to chest-burster is down to minutes, death scenes feel like placeholders, and there’s no suspense or point to any of it. — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1