By September the burst in spending seemed to be tapering off.
Source: tatoeba (18404)
Burst
//bɝst//
Synonyms for "burst" (308 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Strong matches (92)
chippedclapclashcleftcloudburstcoffincollapsecome apartcome unstuckcommotionconcealconvulsioncovercrackcrackedcrashcrazedcreeping barragecrumpcut
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headlong rushheavy right foothidehigh lopehigh wordshubbubhullabaloohurricanehurtimpairedimperfectin bitsin piecesin shardsinhumeinjuredinterinurnirritatedirruption
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8 entriesTranslations
205 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- plas verb (to break from internal pressure)
- përplasje verb (to cause to burst)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- διασπάω verb (to cause to burst)
- λάσκω verb (to break from internal pressure)
Arabic
1 entries- انفزر verb (to break from internal pressure)
Armenian
4 entries- պայթյուն noun (instance or act of bursting)
- պոռթկում noun (instance or act of bursting)
- պայթել verb (to break from internal pressure)
- պոռթկալ verb (to break from internal pressure)
Basque
1 entries- lehertu verb (to break from internal pressure)
Bulgarian
4 entries- взрив noun (instance or act of bursting)
- избухване noun (instance or act of bursting)
- взривявам verb (to cause to burst)
- пръсвам verb (to cause to burst)
Catalan
4 entries- esclatar verb (to break from internal pressure)
- esclatar verb (to cause to burst)
- esquerdar verb (to cause to burst)
- petar verb (to break from internal pressure)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 爆 verb (to break from internal pressure)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 爆裂 noun (instance or act of bursting)
- 破裂 noun (instance or act of bursting)
- 爆裂 verb (to break from internal pressure)
- 破裂 verb (to break from internal pressure)
Czech
2 entries- prasknutí noun (instance or act of bursting)
- prasknout verb (to break from internal pressure)
Dalmatian
1 entries- crepur verb (to break from internal pressure)
Dutch
4 entries- ontploffing noun (instance or act of bursting)
- salvo noun (series of shots fired from an automatic firearm)
- uitbarsting noun (instance or act of bursting)
- barsten verb (to break from internal pressure)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 爆 verb (to break from internal pressure)
Esperanto
1 entries- krevi verb (to break from internal pressure)
Finnish
4 entries- puhkeaminen noun (instance or act of bursting)
- räjähdys noun (instance or act of bursting)
- haljeta verb (to break from internal pressure)
- halkaista verb (to cause to burst)
French
4 entries- explosion noun (instance or act of bursting)
- éclatement noun (instance or act of bursting)
- briser verb (to cause to burst)
- faire éclater verb (to cause to burst)
Galician
4 entries- estoiro noun (instance or act of bursting)
- estoupido noun (instance or act of bursting)
- estoupo noun (instance or act of bursting)
- estourido noun (instance or act of bursting)
German
4 entries- Bersten noun (instance or act of bursting)
- Platzen noun (instance or act of bursting)
- Zerbrechen noun (instance or act of bursting)
- bersten verb (to break from internal pressure)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 verb (to break from internal pressure)
Greek
4 entries- έκρηξη noun (instance or act of bursting)
- ριπή noun (instance or act of bursting)
- εκρήγνυμαι verb (to break from internal pressure)
- σκάω verb (to break from internal pressure)
Hebrew
1 entries- התפוצץ verb (to break from internal pressure)
Hindi
1 entries- फूटना verb (to break from internal pressure)
Hungarian
4 entries- borul verb (to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting)
- fakad verb (to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting)
- hirtelenkezd (el) verb (to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting)
- kidurran verb (to break from internal pressure)
Ido
1 entries- erupto noun (instance or act of bursting)
Indonesian
4 entries- letupan noun (instance or act of bursting)
- letusan noun (instance or act of bursting)
- meletup verb (to break from internal pressure)
- meletup verb (to cause to burst)
Irish
3 entries- rois noun (instance or act of bursting)
- pléasc verb (to break from internal pressure)
- pléasc verb (to cause to burst)
Italian
4 entries- esplosione noun (instance or act of bursting)
- scoppio noun (instance or act of bursting)
- esplodere verb (to break from internal pressure)
- far scoppiare verb (to cause to burst)
Japanese
1 entries- 破裂する verb (to break from internal pressure)
Khmer
1 entries- ផ្ទុះ verb (to break from internal pressure)
Korean
1 entries- 파열하다 verb (to break from internal pressure)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- башталып кетүү verb (to break from internal pressure)
- бөлүнүп кетүү verb (to break from internal pressure)
- бөлүү verb (to break from internal pressure)
- дүрт verb (to break from internal pressure)
Latin
1 entries- dīrumpō verb (to cause to burst)
Low German
4 entries- Barsten noun (instance or act of bursting)
- Barsten noun (instance or act of bursting)
- Tobreken noun (instance or act of bursting)
- Tweibreken noun (instance or act of bursting)
Malay
3 entries- meletup verb (to break from internal pressure)
- meletus verb (to break from internal pressure)
- pecah verb (to break from internal pressure)
Middle English
3 entries- bresten verb (to break from internal pressure)
- bresten verb (to cause to burst)
- bresten verb (to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэсрэх verb (to break from internal pressure)
Māori
4 entries- kowhera verb (to break from internal pressure)
- kōwhā verb (to break from internal pressure)
- ngaora verb (to break from internal pressure)
- ngaora verb (to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting)
North Frisian
1 entries- baast verb (to break from internal pressure)
Occitan
2 entries- esclatar verb (to break from internal pressure)
- espetar verb (to break from internal pressure)
Old Saxon
1 entries- brestan noun (instance or act of bursting)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- tweirieten verb (to cause to burst)
Polish
4 entries- eksplozja noun (instance or act of bursting)
- pęknięcie noun (instance or act of bursting)
- rozerwanie noun (instance or act of bursting)
- wybuch noun (instance or act of bursting)
Portuguese
4 entries- estouro noun (instance or act of bursting)
- explosão noun (instance or act of bursting)
- arrebentar verb (to break from internal pressure)
- estourar verb (to break from internal pressure)
Russian
4 entries- взрыв noun (instance or act of bursting)
- ло́пание noun (instance or act of bursting)
- очередь noun (series of shots fired from an automatic firearm)
- разры́в noun (instance or act of bursting)
Sanskrit
1 entries- स्फलति verb (to break from internal pressure)
Spanish
4 entries- estallido noun (instance or act of bursting)
- estallo noun (instance or act of bursting)
- explosión noun (instance or act of bursting)
- reventón noun (instance or act of bursting)
Swahili
1 entries- kukata verb (to cause to burst)
Swedish
4 entries- omgång noun (instance or act of bursting)
- salva noun (instance or act of bursting)
- skur noun (instance or act of bursting)
- brisera verb (to break from internal pressure)
Tagalog
1 entries- putok verb (to break from internal pressure)
Telugu
3 entries- చితుకు verb (to break from internal pressure)
- పగలగొట్టు verb (to cause to burst)
- పగిలిపోవు verb (to break from internal pressure)
Thai
2 entries- ระเบิด verb (to break from internal pressure)
- แตก verb (to break from internal pressure)
Turkish
2 entries- patlamak verb (to break from internal pressure)
- patlatmak verb (to cause to burst)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bể verb (to cause to burst)
- bị bể verb (to break from internal pressure)
- làm bể verb (to cause to burst)
Volapük
1 entries- kräkön verb (to break from internal pressure)
Welsh
4 entries- byrstio verb (to break from internal pressure)
- byrstio verb (to cause to burst)
- ffrwydro verb (to break from internal pressure)
- ffrwydro verb (to cause to burst)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
As soon as he entered the classroom, our teacher burst into angry speech.
Source: tatoeba (19034)
The burglar burst into his house.
Source: tatoeba (19211)
I burst into tears.
Source: tatoeba (19615)
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