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

"O Sun," cried the great prophet of Persia, "thou art powerful in thy blaze! glorious in thy lustre! the burster of darkness! head of the world! king of stars! mightiest of beings above!"

From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan

But I am getting away from the southerly burster.

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