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

Ned and I overheard what he said and wondered what a burster was.

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

I have seen it rain hard in a good many places, but am sure I never saw it rain harder than it did at the end of that southerly burster.

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