Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To break from internal pressure. · To cause to break from internal pressure. · To cause to break by any means. · To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
An act or instance of bursting. · A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display. · A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm. · The explosion of a bomb or missile.
From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris.
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This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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