sudden burst

collocation in English

meaningsofsuddenandburst

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sudden
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌd.ən/us
/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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burst
noun[C]
uk
/bɜːst/us
/bɝːst/
UK
the act of breaking open so that what is inside ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandburstfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At daybreak one morning there was asuddenburstof shouting, drumming, and the staccato of horses' hooves.
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Where opposition parties previously were weak or non-existent, the splintering of the majority party may create asuddenburstof opposition success.
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If the opposition emerges from within the ruling party, we might expect asuddenburstof opposition victories.
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Thesuddenburstof a plaza throws us back into the collective.
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It is quite possible that, in one or another region, there will be asuddenburstof people coming into accident and emergency and the available beds will be occupied.
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It is either the result of asuddenburstof masochism, or an example of their being highly confused and not quite knowing what they are doing.
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I am not talking about asuddenburstof disinclination when something has gone wrong, but when it is apparent that the boy hates the life.
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However, the introduction of asuddenburstof traffic may cause large numbers of established, steady streams to lose packets simultaneously.
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The spitting sound is asuddenburst, typically used when making threats, especially towards other species.
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At this point, there was asuddenburstof element formation (first deuterium, which immediately fused to helium).
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Why are long periods of political stability punctuated by sudden bursts of intense instability?
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It most commonly refers to a muscle cramp which is often accompanied by asuddenburstof pain, but is usually harmless and ceases after a few minutes.
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A good vogad circuit must have a very fast attack time, so that an initial loud voice signal does not cause asuddenburstof excessive modulation.
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This omission if foreshadowed in the foreword where he admits that his dominant interpretive framework is the pragmatic model of incremental change punctuated by sudden bursts of radical reform.
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It had already been suspected of initiating what is known as "uncommanded flight control movements" in other instances; for example, sudden bursts or reductions of speed.
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For example, businesses should be able to respond to urgent demands that may require sudden bursts of work with little notice owing to the nature of the business.
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The listener will encounter several sudden bursts of orchestral noise, hinting at the horror/slasher elements of the film.
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They are capable of sudden bursts of speed and can sprint at speeds of 30to40km mi per hour.
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Tiger sharks have a large upper lobe, which allows for slow cruising and sudden bursts of speed.
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In other words, sudden bursts of activity in persecuting pagans alternated with periods where nobody was actively seeking suspects.
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