burster

n.

1. An offline device used to burst computer printouts.
2. An astrophysical object that emits a brief but intense burst of gamma or x-radiation.

A mechanical device that separates continuous paper forms into cut sheets. A burster can be attached to the end of a collator, which separates multipart forms into single parts.

A Digital Printing Plant

These Model 2140 digital printing presses from Oce Printing Systems feed paper to the trimmer (middle) and then to a burster (left), which separates and stacks the pages. (Image courtesy of Oce Printing Systems USA.)

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Machine that separates continuous forms after printing.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
  Synonyms: charge, bursting charge, explosive charge

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