outburst

outburst
n
1. outbreak, eruption, burst, flare-up; fit, tantrum, convulsion, spasm, seizure, attack, paroxysm; explosion, blow-up, blast, discharge, detonation, fulmination, bang, boom; dissilience, dissiliency, bursting or flying apart, splitting open, rupture; earthquake, quake, tremor, Chiefly U.S. temblor, upheaval, Phys. Geog. cataclysm.
2. outpouring, outpour, effusion, volley, barrage, battery, gush, stream, rush; outflow, outflowing, effluence, efflux, outflux; outwell, outstream, outgush, outrush, overflow.
3. burst, spurt, spree, Sl. tear.

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