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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion..
[…] his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black […]
A starburst of red exploded on his chest and he flew backward a good six or seven feet.
[…] and another that creates a cicatrix starburst from her right eye to her temple. This scar is the result of an accident when she was ten years old, […]
The Milky Way will see a starburst in approximately 200,000,000 years.
The faint light from the sky starbursted on a tear. Suddenly there was something appallingly human about her.
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Starburst means A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black […]
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