The Clue
Bursts (6 letter answer)
The Answer
ERUPTS
Tags
Notes
The answer ERUPTS is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
Related Clues
Explodes
Vents
Vesuviates
Boils over
Breaks out
Bursts forth
Goes ballistic
Goes off
Hits the ceiling
Spews lava
Blows one's top
Comes out in a hurry
Flies off the handle
Gives way to rage
Can't take it anymore
Doesn't contain one's anger
Totally loses one's cool
Definition
ERUPT as a verb:
1. (erupt, break out) = start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
2. (erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out) = erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
3. (erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate) = start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
4. (erupt, come out, break through, push through) = break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
5. (erupt, belch, extravasate) = become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"
6. (break, burst, erupt) = force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
7. appear on the skin; "A rash erupted on her arms after she had touched the exotic plant"
8. (erupt, recrudesce, break out) = become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"