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noun
A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
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noun
A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ✺.
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Topics: media, publishing, typography
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noun
A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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verb
To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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verb
To explode; to burst out violently via, or in such a manner as to cause, an explosion.
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verb
To make a starburst pattern.
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History
From star + burst.
Across languages
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