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Word: bursting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...lotion. From the balcony of one store the looters tossed goods to carts lined up below. One driver tried to make off with a packet of under wear, used his fists in vain to hold it against a mob of rivals When he had lost the last garment, he burst into tears of rage, drove his horse & cart full tilt into the crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SICILY: Aftermath | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

...First burst was wide. "Five zero zero right, two zero zero over," said Fanny Rouge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARTILLERY: G. I. Grasshoppers | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

What was the reason for this sudden burst of enthusiasm for a man who has been so successfully neglected that many people did not know whether he was dead or alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Forster and the Human Fact | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

...return trip a new cloud of Focke-Wulfs attacked. Over the intercom the tail gunner said: "Two Forts are going down. Chutes opening from one. Can't see the other." Down below gun batteries made orange flashes, brown smoke spouted straight up, then black flak burst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: HOLIDAY OVER PARIS | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

...from many corners of the world and many branches of this far-flung army felt closely integrated into a single comradely group when their voices burst forth into "He's A Jolly Good Fellow" at the sight of Major Bernard A. Merriam and his wife catering the hall. They rose to their feet and stood proudly in the position of the soldier at attention...

Author: By Frank K. Kelly, | Title: Specialists' Corner | 7/27/1943 | See Source »

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