break open Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb open with force
- He broke open the picnic basket
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verb come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
split; burst.
- The bubble burst
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verb erupt or intensify suddenly
flare; erupt; flare up; burst out; irrupt.
- Unrest erupted in the country
- Tempers flared at the meeting
- The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
