A process mediated by a symbiont that results in the death of a host cell by means of the rupture of cell membranes and the loss of cytoplasm. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11423190 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27405240 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23748204 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204713 ]