Synonyms for outburst
ˈaʊtˌbɜrstout·burst

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1. effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullitionnoun

   an unrestrained expression of emotion

   Synonyms:
   detonation, outpouring, enlargement, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, explosion, effusion, magnification, flush, flare-up, ebullition, burst

2. outburst, burst, flare-upnoun

   a sudden intense happening

   "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

   Synonyms:
   fusillade, volley, flare-up, fit, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, explosion, effusion, salvo, ebullition, burst

3. outburst, tumultuous disturbancenoun

   a sudden violent disturbance

   Synonyms:
   flare-up, gush, tumultuous disturbance, blowup, effusion, ebullition, burst

Matched Categories

1. • Disturbance
   • Expression
   • Happening

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1. outburstnoun

   Synonyms:
   eruption, outbreak

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1. outburstnoun

   Synonyms:
   eruption, outbreak, paroxysm, access, ebullition

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1. List of paraphrases for "outburst":

   outbreak, explosion, eruption

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1. Jimmy Carter:

   I thought, whether or not he attempted to rape [ Christine Blasey Ford ], whether or not, I thought he was temperamentally unfit to serve on Supreme Court because of his outburst during the hearing.

2. Andrew Tabler:

   They think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again, this recent outburst of diplomacy is because everyone was becoming concerned, and rightfully so. But the results of that process were remarkably poor. They seem to cement the earlier political positions of the region when it comes to Syria.

3. Alexei Kravtsov:

   Today was a very emotional day for our team. Daniil is a debutant of the Games, he has the first Olympic medal in his career. In the semifinals, the team set an Olympic record. It was an outburst of emotion.

4. Nehal Jain:

   This is a spontaneous public outburst, first they tell us there are too many illegal immigrants and we need to get rid of them. Then they bring in this law that would allow citizenship to immigrants.

5. Jeffrey McCall:

   Sure, it's New Year's Eve and some lighthearted revelry is in order, but the Cohen outburst just didn't belong on the once-proud cable channel.And once Cohen's rant took off, nobody in the production center apparently had enough sense to cut his microphone or switch to another shot, when you let the hosts get out of control, the channel should expect some out of control content.