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burst forth

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burst forth
to come forth explosively. The words burst forth and frightened everyone. The blossoms burst forth in the first warm days of the year.
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The Swan, threatened with death, burst forth into song and thus made himself known by his voice, and preserved his life by his melody.
Fables by Aesop View in context
But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympus began to reel horribly at the might of the bright-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright Son of Hyperion stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athene had stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
You shall become a black poodle and have a gold collar round your neck, and shall eat burning coals, till the flames burst forth from your throat.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
 
 
 
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