Burster
a person or thing that bursts.
Astronomy, x-ray burster.
Historical Examples
Lands of the Slave and the Free Henry A. Murray
The Crisis of the Naval War John Rushworth Jellicoe
Lands of the Slave and the Free Henry A. Murray
The Land of the Kangaroo Thomas Wallace Knox
Lands of the Slave and the Free Henry A. Murray
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