upburst

[ uhp-burst ]

noun

1. a burst upward.

Word History and Origins

Origin of upburst¹

First recorded in 1835–45; up- + burst

Example Sentences

Upburst, up′burst, n. a bursting up.

From Project Gutenberg

Little flames creep along the bodies of fallen trees and fluffy windrows of dry leaves, toying like panther kittens with their assured prey, and then, grown hungry with such dainty tasting, the flames upburst in a mad fury of devouring.

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As the years go on, and the knowledge of good and evil grows, becoming ever more jealous and expert a sentinel, it still finds its watch and fence of the outside world mocked by the mysterious upburst of sin within.

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When you start with a blaze of sunshine and upburst of humor, when you begin with that, the proper office of humor is to reflect, to put you into that pensive mood of deep thought, to make you think of your sins, if you wish half an hour to fly.

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The machine, with its human freight, lifted in an upburst of smoke, and sank down a mass of wreckage and death.

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