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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of something that escapes or flies upward.

   "a. 1840, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Godolphin the fitful and dusky upbreakings of the flame through the […] grate"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of upbreak form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"a. 1840, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Godolphin the fitful and dusky upbreakings of the flame through the […] grate"

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