"mergeburst" meaning in English

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          "text": "One hypothesis is that this was a mergeburst: the scream of two stars colliding. But it could also have been a rarely seen thermonuclear flare-up near the end of a giant star's life – or maybe a star swallowing giant planets.",
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        "(physics, astronomy) An outburst of energy following a merger of two stars."
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