noun
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a bursting suddenly (as from internal pressure).
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a brief news report of something that has just happened; a news-flash.
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a killing, murdering of a person (illegally).
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an inflamed, painful, pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused by localised infection; a furuncle; a boil.
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(rhet.) a bursting or flashing of the eternal and imperceptible element of sounds and words, when a sound is uttered, causing the sense of the word flashing on the mind.