Usually means: Intense, short-lived cosmic explosions.
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  1. gamma-ray burst: Merriam-Webster
  2. gamma-ray burst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gamma-ray burst, gamma-ray burst: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gamma-ray burst: Wiktionary
  5. gamma-ray burst: Dictionary.com
  6. Gamma-ray burst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. gamma-ray burst: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (gamma-ray burst)

noun:  (astronomy) A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.

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