Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To break or force a way upward; come to the surface; appear.
- noun A breaking or bursting up; an upburst.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
- noun A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
- noun A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
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Examples
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Monsignor heard a step behind him as he stood and looked, still pathetically bewildered by all that he saw, and still struggling, in spite of himself, with a new upbreak of scepticism; and turning, saw Father Jervis in the act of greeting a young monk in the Benedictine habit.
Dawn of All Robert Hugh Benson 1892
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Rome has been, and always will be, small, till some great revolution or upbreak takes place in that Church.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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Entering, we found some curious memorials of the operation of water, in the upbreak of the whole system of flooring and seating, which now lay in irregular distorted masses, mingled with all kinds of rubbish.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 Various 1841
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Parisians from the fears of a social upbreak -- a universal sack of property -- for that was preying on their minds -- the grand _coup_ of
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 Various 1836
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