spontaneous outburst
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspontaneousandoutburst
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spontaneous
adjective
uk/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/us/spɑːnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without ...
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outburst
noun[C]
uk/ˈaʊt.bɜːst/us/ˈaʊt.bɝːst/
a sudden forceful expression of emotion, ...
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(Definition ofspontaneousandoutburstfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I hope that thespontaneousoutburstof indignation and criticism which this proposal has evoked will have some effect.
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Thespontaneousoutburstof enthusiasm and welcome that she received showed how warm relations were between the two countries.
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I said there was nospontaneousoutburstof enthusiasm.
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Does not that give the lie to the idea that this is some kind ofspontaneousoutburst?
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I cannot again accept that, but there was apparently aspontaneousoutburstof violence on the part of people whose comrades had been done to death.
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First, will he say whether he regards this as being an internal and purelyspontaneousoutburst, or a result of some form of external political pressure?
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It was not aspontaneousoutburstby her, because there was a good spirit in the relationship that existed there for the welfare and well-being of the school.
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Upon his conclusion there was aspontaneousoutburstof applause that had to be gaveled into order.
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Herspontaneousoutbursthelped relax both of them.
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Bebop's emphasis on immediacy and spatial intimacy promotes those spontaneous outbursts of expression of appreciation or encouragement during the course of performance that are replicated in the tapes.
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They have been quite different in character from the spontaneous outbursts of feeling which took place a year or so ago.
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It has an essentially pacificatory role in a society over-prone to spontaneous outbursts of aggression.
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Though a grievance is put through the correct machinery, the machine is often so slow in grinding it out that there are these spontaneous outbursts.
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