 break_out |
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| 1. | [ verb ] start abruptly | |
| Synonyms: | erupt | |
| Examples: | "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" |
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| Related terms: | begin | |
| 2. | [ verb ] begin suddenly and sometimes violently | |
| Examples: | "He broke out shouting" |
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| Related terms: | begin | |
| 3. | [ verb ] move away or escape suddenly | |
| Synonyms: | break break_away | |
| Examples: | "The horses broke from the stable" "Three inmates broke jail" "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
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| Related terms: | escape break | |
| 4. | [ verb ] take from stowage in preparation for usage | |
| Related terms: | unpack | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (medicine) become raw or open; as of skin eruptions | |
| Synonyms: | recrudesce erupt | |
| Examples: | "He broke out in hives" "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries" "Such boils tend to recrudesce" |
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| Related terms: | afflict | |
| Similar spelling: |
breakout bracket_out brook_trout break_with break_water bracket breakthrough Brackett breakwater breakstone break_down break_dance |
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