burst into

verb

burst into also bursted into; bursting into; bursts into
: to begin to produce or do (something) suddenly
She burst into laughter/tears.
The house burst into flame(s).

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What, one wonders, is the appropriate response to someone who bursts into the room waving $197 million of other people’s money and declares job one is making sure your flying car has a place to land? Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Those possibilities are like what happened a little more than three years ago across the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in East Palestine, when a Norfolk Southern train derailed, bursting into flames and releasing toxic chemicals into the air. Lauren Linder, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 In an incident that made national headlines at the time, the Blink-182 drummer and three friends were in a private jet, heading home from Columbia, South Carolina, when the landing gear burst into flames. Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026 During takeoff, the plane overran the runway and burst into flames. Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for burst into

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“Burst into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%20into. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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