burster

American  

[bur-ster] / ˈbɜr stər /

noun

1. a person or thing that bursts.

2. Astronomy. x-ray burster.

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Etymology

Origin of burster

First recorded in 1850–55; burst + -er ¹

Example Sentences

But life is not so easy for a hopeful chest burster, as I had occasion to learn when I was distracted by other projects and my wasp colony almost died out.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2021

Roughly two feet long and weighing more than 90 pounds, each is an aerodynamic steel vessel with a burster tube in its center.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014

Over 1,000 of these weapons fired a bomb or shell carrying a burster exceeding 90 lbs. in weight, and with a range varying between 1,200 and 2,600 yards.

From The Crisis of the Naval War by Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl

The burster died away along in the evening, and, though the streets were wet in many places, our friends went out for a stroll.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace

He can mill you, or throw you a burster; feint, parry, duck, counter, or stop!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir