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- December 16 2024
- Popped, as a balloon
Popped, as a balloon
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Popped, as a balloon' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Popped, as a balloon crossword clue was last seen on December 16 2024 in the popular Newsday Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | BURST | Popped, as a balloon | Newsday |
Definition
| • | of Burst |
| • | To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. |
| • | To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc. |
| • | To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. |
| • | To break. |
| • | To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall. |
| • | A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration. |
| • | Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed. |
| • | A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. |
| • | A rupture or hernia; a breach. |
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