burst into
phrasal 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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The Toronto Blue Jays burst into life in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) with a 13-4 rout of the Seattle Mariners.
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
In April 2025, a mother and her four children died after their SUV burst into flames following a collision with another vehicle in southern Georgia.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
But after the Starship's upper stage also burst into flames on a test stand in June, SpaceX, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, appears to have gotten the spacecraft's development back on track.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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George Ramsay, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The Boeing 737-800 operated by Jeju Air belly-landed at South Korea’s Muan International Airport without its landing gear deployed on December 29, overshot the runway and burst into flames after hitting a concrete structure, killing all but two of the 181 people on board.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
In April 2025, a mother and her four children died after their SUV burst into flames following a collision with another vehicle in southern Georgia.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
But after the Starship's upper stage also burst into flames on a test stand in June, SpaceX, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, appears to have gotten the spacecraft's development back on track.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Burst into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%20into. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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