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  burst its banks /bˈɜːst ɪts bˈaŋks/
  über die Ufer treten, ausufern, übertreten  [veraltet]  [envir.]
           Note: Fließgewässer
        "burst its banks"  - über die Ufer getreten, ausgeufert, übertreten
     Synonyms: overflow its banks, overflow, overtop its banks, break its banks, breach its banks
  
   see: overflowing, overtopping its banks, breaking its banks, breaching its banks, bursting its banks, overflowed, overtopped its banks, broken its banks, breached its banks
  
           Note: of a stream