burst open

1. To open abruptly, typically with or as a result of force. Floodwaters caused the dam to burst open.

2. To cause something to open, often due to the use of force. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "burst" and "open." The police used a battering ram to burst the door open.

ˌburst ˈopen

ˌburst (something) ˈopen

open suddenly or violently; make something open in this way: The door burst open. Firefighters burst the door open and rescued them.

See also: burst, open

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

open the way for (one)
open house
out in the open
throw open
crack (something) wide open
not open (one's) mouth
not open mouth
not open one's mouth
open your mouth
be an open book

References in periodicals archive

firebox.com Load up this desktop delivery system with your favourite spherical sweets and on the hour the trap door at its base will burst open and offer you one..

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them flagging, to burst open like hearts on a rack of riverbed hazards.

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It felt like the A-team as we stopped each time and the doors of the minibus burst open and we raced off."

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Take to the table, burst open and serve with salad, vegetables, potatoes or rice.

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"I went downstairs and the front door burst open and all these guys with balaclavas burst in.

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A motorcycle passenger lost more than pounds 10,000 when the rucksack on his back burst open as they travelled down a the M3.

Drivers grab several grand

In the process the seed packets burst open and it was feared the seeds had died.

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The children were in the hospital for two to five days to treat the chemical injuries that occurred after the packets burst open. The children's parents saved them from permanent damage by flushing the children's eyes immediately with water.

Laundry detergent poses eye hazard to children

Floodgates of another kind burst open when USS, Japan's biggest and brashest used-car auctioneer, recently established its presence on the Yokohama water-front.

Consensus-seeking, conflict-avoiding, corporate Japan is getting a jolt this year in the form of a mini-rebellion. Three high-profile cases involving researchers seeking remuneration from the companies they worked for were settled in favor of the plaintiffs--to the tune of billions of yen

There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined'.

Geographical Voices: Fourteen Autobiographical Essays

A second man, travelling with the deceased, was also hospitalised after five out of 105 packets of cocaine burst open in his stomach.

Man dies after cocaine packets burst open in his stomach

My fork was on its way into my steaming food, when the door burst open. A man stood in the doorway, blinking in the glaring light.

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Her black velvet dress burst open displaying her bra to the live television audience.

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Most infected cells burst open, releasing millions of viruses that infect other cells in the body.

Killers Without Cures

In its efforts to adopt environmentally friendly (or, at least, friendlier) environmental management standards company-wide, Halliburton was following a broad corporate trend that many believe can date its inception to 3 December 1984, the day a Union Carbide storage tank in Bhopal, India, burst open and sent a cloud of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas out into the community, killing by some estimates as many as 6,000 people within a week and some 13,000 to date.

GLOBAL BUSINESS: Operating in the Green

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释义	burst open burst open 1. To open abruptly, typically with or as a result of force. Floodwaters caused the dam to burst open. 2. To cause something to open, often due to the use of force. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "burst" and "open." The police used a battering ram to burst the door open. See also: burst, open Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. ˌburst ˈopen , ˌburst (something) ˈopen open suddenly or violently; make something open in this way: The door burst open. Firefighters burst the door open and rescued them. See also: burst, open Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: open the way for (one) open house out in the open throw open crack (something) wide open not open (one's) mouth not open mouth not open one's mouth open your mouth be an open book References in periodicals archive firebox.com Load up this desktop delivery system with your favourite spherical sweets and on the hour the trap door at its base will burst open and offer you one.. Gadgets OfTheWeek; COOLEST CLOCKS them flagging, to burst open like hearts on a rack of riverbed hazards. October Ganaraska It felt like the A-team as we stopped each time and the doors of the minibus burst open and we raced off." Oxford team conquer peaks Take to the table, burst open and serve with salad, vegetables, potatoes or rice. food: Sea bass fillets and coriander en papillote "I went downstairs and the front door burst open and all these guys with balaclavas burst in. Fury of victim in knife-gang attack A motorcycle passenger lost more than pounds 10,000 when the rucksack on his back burst open as they travelled down a the M3. Drivers grab several grand In the process the seed packets burst open and it was feared the seeds had died. Honoring Roosa and his Moon Trees The children were in the hospital for two to five days to treat the chemical injuries that occurred after the packets burst open. The children's parents saved them from permanent damage by flushing the children's eyes immediately with water. Laundry detergent poses eye hazard to children Floodgates of another kind burst open when USS, Japan's biggest and brashest used-car auctioneer, recently established its presence on the Yokohama water-front. Consensus-seeking, conflict-avoiding, corporate Japan is getting a jolt this year in the form of a mini-rebellion. Three high-profile cases involving researchers seeking remuneration from the companies they worked for were settled in favor of the plaintiffs--to the tune of billions of yen There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined'. Geographical Voices: Fourteen Autobiographical Essays A second man, travelling with the deceased, was also hospitalised after five out of 105 packets of cocaine burst open in his stomach. Man dies after cocaine packets burst open in his stomach My fork was on its way into my steaming food, when the door burst open. A man stood in the doorway, blinking in the glaring light. Which hopeless case? (Reflections) Her black velvet dress burst open displaying her bra to the live television audience. FACE OF THE DAY JUDY FINNIGAN; TVLife : Most infected cells burst open, releasing millions of viruses that infect other cells in the body. Killers Without Cures In its efforts to adopt environmentally friendly (or, at least, friendlier) environmental management standards company-wide, Halliburton was following a broad corporate trend that many believe can date its inception to 3 December 1984, the day a Union Carbide storage tank in Bhopal, India, burst open and sent a cloud of poisonous methyl isocyanate gas out into the community, killing by some estimates as many as 6,000 people within a week and some 13,000 to date. GLOBAL BUSINESS: Operating in the Green
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