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inbursting

inbursting adjective: bursting in or inward.

Adjective

inbursting (not comparable)

  1. Bursting in or inward.
    • They heard with dismay the furious clamor and saw with horror the inbursting mob of cruel and yelling persecutors.1876, Chales MacKnight, Our Western Border;, page 178

Noun

inbursting (plural inburstings)

  1. A bursting in or inward.
    • The resurrection morning is a true sunrising, the inbursting of a cloudless day on all the righteous dead.1873, Henry Southgate, Gone before, page 379
    • And now Daniel tells us how the kingdom of God will come suddenly. It will come as an 'inbursting'.2019, Walter C. Kaiser, The Christian and the Old Testament, page 255

Forms of inbursting

pluralinburstings

Origin of inbursting

From in + bursting.

Questions about inbursting

What does inbursting mean?
Inbursting means bursting in or inward.
What part of speech is inbursting?
Inbursting can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near inbursting in the dictionary

  1. inburn
  2. inburning
  3. inburns
  4. inburnt
  5. inburst
  6. inbursting
  7. inburstings
  8. inbursts
  9. inby
  10. inbye
  11. inc

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