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overbursts

overbursts is the plural of overburst.

Meaning of overburst

Noun

overburst (plural overbursts)

  1. (rare) An excessively intense burst; a superburst.
    • On the less inundated ground the danger continued, the wreck stuff assuming here partly the character of missiles, a sudden overburst of the sea, half carrying on the water, half flinging through the air great sticks of wood upon the crew. Several of the men were knocked down by these flying pieces.1904, William Douglas O'Connor, Heroes of the Storm, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 88

Questions about overbursts

What is overbursts the plural of?
Overbursts is the plural of overburst.

Words near overbursts in the dictionary

  1. overburning
  2. overburnings
  3. overburns
  4. overburnt
  5. overburst
  6. overbursts
  7. overburthen
  8. overburthened
  9. overburthening
  10. overburthens
  11. overbusied

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