burst into
phrasal verb
burst into also bursted into; bursting into; bursts into
: to begin to produce or do (something) suddenly
She burst into laughter/tears.
The house burst into flame(s).
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In a statement to The Daily Mail, police inspector Alex Dale said that several people immediately rushed to assist the two passengers and helped them to safety before the aircraft burst into flames.
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Things get even more heated when the characters burst into a series of sweltering original songs at the Juke, creating an orgiastic — even religious — fever strong enough to rip the space-time continuum apart at the seams.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Many congressional Democrats say Jeffries is up to the task, a conversation that’s burst into the open amid severe blowback from the Left against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his decisions under Trump 2.0.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025
And that opened up a huge amount of space on the other wing for Molina to burst into.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Things get even more heated when the characters burst into a series of sweltering original songs at the Juke, creating an orgiastic — even religious — fever strong enough to rip the space-time continuum apart at the seams.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
Many congressional Democrats say Jeffries is up to the task, a conversation that’s burst into the open amid severe blowback from the Left against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his decisions under Trump 2.0.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025
And that opened up a huge amount of space on the other wing for Molina to burst into.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Burst into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%20into. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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