1
as in bursts
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the judge directed the courtroom spectators to refrain from any outbursts when the verdict was read
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as in flurries
a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity
there was a remarkable outburst of work in the office as the visiting VIPs made their tour
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as in eruptions
the act or an instance of exploding
in the outburst known as a supernova, the star may reach an intrinsic luminosity one billion times that of the sun
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Recent Examples of outbursts
Public outbursts remain relatively uncommon, making this week's intervention particularly revealing.
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Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
There have been intermittent outbursts of violence against immigrants since then.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Police said Poirier continued making verbal outbursts and took an aggressive stance toward officers.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The symptoms often look different in dads—anger or sudden outbursts, irritability and substance misuse, for example.
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Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
Their gripes aren’t just about Sirianni’s outbursts — which, in fairness, mirror those of so many Philly fans.
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Michael Silver,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
But her outbursts frightened the children too.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Brown, who entered the courtroom wearing a black and gray jumpsuit and orange shackles on his hands and feet, had multiple outbursts during the brief hearing Tuesday morning.
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Andy Buck,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
What to read next The major mission disrupters come in the form of meteor storms and outbursts, which see a dramatic increase in the quantity of interplanetary debris choking the Earth-moon environment.
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Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 June 2026
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
There have been intermittent outbursts of violence against immigrants since then.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Police said Poirier continued making verbal outbursts and took an aggressive stance toward officers.
—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
The symptoms often look different in dads—anger or sudden outbursts, irritability and substance misuse, for example.
—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
Their gripes aren’t just about Sirianni’s outbursts — which, in fairness, mirror those of so many Philly fans.
—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
But her outbursts frightened the children too.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
Brown, who entered the courtroom wearing a black and gray jumpsuit and orange shackles on his hands and feet, had multiple outbursts during the brief hearing Tuesday morning.
—
Andy Buck,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
What to read next The major mission disrupters come in the form of meteor storms and outbursts, which see a dramatic increase in the quantity of interplanetary debris choking the Earth-moon environment.
—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outbursts
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From Friday to Sunday, singers and alphorn players filled the streets and spontaneous bursts of yodeling echoed through restaurants, where diners initially reacted with surprise before joining in.
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San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
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There is even a remote possibility for a few flurries in the highest peaks of the Sierra on Saturday and Sunday nights with temps briefly below freezing.
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Even then, there are flurries of intense activity.
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Several of these eruptions were accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that appear to be at least partially Earth-directed.
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The most powerful solar flares are X-class solar flares, and forecasters at NOAA observed one of these eruptions on Tuesday.
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Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, a Reuters witness said.
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Instead of focusing narrowly on one object at a time, the observatory will sweep across huge areas of sky, building an archive of stars, galaxies, asteroids and cosmic explosions.
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Recurring outbreaks were common in places where sanitation was poor, historians confirm.
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While norovirus is frequently associated with cruise ships, those instances account for just 1% of all outbreaks reported.
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Morel’s career arc had previously included flashes of legitimate middle-order production.
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Swift was originally designed to study a rare type of transient called gamma-ray bursts—seconds-long flashes of gamma-ray light that arise from the most energetic explosions in the universe.
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Throat-slittings are conveyed not with spurts of blood but with creepy sound and lighting effects.
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What followed were decades of growth that looked fine in the aggregate and felt hollow in practice—punctuated by brief spurts of genuine buoyancy that raised expectations before collapsing them.
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Wind gusts of up to 40 mph are forecast across the fire-danger zones, and relative humidity is expected to fall between 8% and 15%, meaning conditions are ripe for any new fires to rapidly spread.
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Severe wind gusts and intense lightning are possible with any storm that develops.
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“Outbursts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outbursts. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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