Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burst or break in pieces.
- To burst apart; break in pieces.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
burst orbreak in pieces. - verb intransitive, obsolete To
burst apart ;break in pieces.
Etymologies
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From Middle English tobursten, tobresten, from Old English tōberstan ("to burst asunder, shatter"), from Proto-Germanic *tō-bristanan (“to burst asunder”), equivalent to to- (“apart”) + burst. Cognate with Old Saxon tebrestan, German zerbersten.
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Examples
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But without the bad loans to begin with, there is no bubble toburst.
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But without the bad loans to begin with, there is no bubble toburst.
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Contrary to what one might think, they don’t have to be cooked very long in order toburst with an intense red sludge.
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