These are the meanings of the letters UTSBRPU when you unscramble them.
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Burst (imp. & p. p.)
of Burst
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Burst (v. i.)
To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring.
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Burst (v. i.)
To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc.
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Burst (v. t.)
To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.
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Burst (v. t.)
To break.
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Burst (v. t.)
To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
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Burst (n.)
A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration.
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Burst (n.)
Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
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Burst (n.)
A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
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Burst (n.)
A rupture or hernia; a breach.
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Rubus (n.)
A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
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Spurt (v. i.)
To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
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Spurt (v. t.)
To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
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Spurt (n.)
A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
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Spurt (v. i.)
To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
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Usurp (v. t.)
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
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Usurp (v. i.)
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.