burster
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Origin of burster
Example Sentences
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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 John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl Jellicoe
They 've given me such a burster over the deep ground that I 'm completely blown.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
The southerly "burster," as it is called, gradually creeps up, and at last drives the other off the field.
From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Samuel Butler
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