burst
verb (used without object)
to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence.
bursted
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past participleof burst.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof burst.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
burstverb (used without object)to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence.
Example Sentences
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Previously, I’d been seduced by demonstrative courtship, but Mark wasn’t effusive, and when someone bursted into laughter with “She’s hysterical!” at one of my jokes, Mark looked bewildered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
“Cordage has collapsed like a bursted meteor,” reported the Commercial and Financial Chronicle, “and the other industrials have all of them shared to a considerable extent in the decline.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
It bursted out of TikTok and into the mainstream last month, when Shakira performed the “Jiggle Jiggle” dance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Minnesota bursted out to a 23-0 lead at halftime as Pittsburgh struggled on offense and with run defense.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
He had often heard the story of the bursted mine sale.
From The Desert Fiddler by William H. (William Henry) Hamby
