noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fit/outburst of anger (= an occasion when someone suddenly becomes angry )
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His occasional outbursts of anger shocked those around him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
emotional
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One sometimes thinks of Franck here, but Fauré characteristically reins in his emotional outbursts before they become too vigorous.
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The emotional outburst was as far as he would go, however.
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I've never had an emotional outburst till now.
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Not a Cal Ripken pent-up emotional outburst kind of ovation, mind you, but a nice little round of applause.
occasional
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Apart from the occasional outburst against them, they were not, of course, officially acknowledged.
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This time they were quiet except for an occasional short outburst of bickering.
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The occasional outbursts of passion that flickered across my childhood were like summer storms.
violent
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She made it clear that she wished their relationship to continue, but could nor tolerate Charles's violent outbursts .
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Some became edgy, prone to violent outbursts .
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She was silent except for little violent outbursts about capital punishment and Iris Murdoch writing too much.
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There were the violent outbursts , way out of proportion to any wrong done, and constant verbal abuse.
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Most of his friends agreed that he was subject to violent outbursts of temper.
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He has accused Sun Bonds of having violent outbursts , including one occasion when she trashed his sports trophies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a fresh outburst of violence in the region
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Corbin apologized for his outburst at the meeting.
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I was embarrassed by my husband's outburst .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it becomes necessary to self-motivate yourself during a game instead of relying on a spontaneous outburst of noise from the fans.
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And yet he said nothing to provoke her outburst .
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Frequent church hopping, intermittent attendance and inappropriate outbursts of anger by the husband can also be signals.
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He had sudden outbursts of furious anger which were always fatal to the often innocent objects.
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He moves slowly back, unsure of the reason behind my sudden outburst .
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His moments of inspiration did much to elevate the Stuttgart event, a relaxed affair apart from the odd obligatory outburst .
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I couldn't possibly know, but that outburst , understandable as it was, greatly disturbed me.
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When the outburst comes it is very effective.The lyricism of Tennyson's poetry is magnificent.