v.
 (past and past part. burst)
    - break or cause to break suddenly and violently apart.
 - be very full:
 the wardrobe was bursting with clothes.
 ▸
(be bursting with)
 feel (an irrepressible emotion or impulse).
 - move or be opened suddenly and forcibly. 
▸suddenly begin doing or producing something:
 an aircraft crashed and burst into flames.
 - separate (stationery) into single sheets.
 
n.
   - an instance or the result of bursting.
 - a sudden brief outbreak of something violent or noisy.
 - a period of continuous effort.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - burst someone's bubble
 shatter someone's illusions. 
    
   
  Etymology
  OE berstan, of Gmc origin.