'break out' definitions:
Definition of 'break out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc" [syn: erupt, break out]
verb
Begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"
verb
Move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out-- this prison is high security" [syn: break, break out, break away]
verb
Take from stowage in preparation for use
verb
Become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" [syn: erupt, recrudesce, break out]
Synonyms of 'break out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arise,
- be born,
- be brought down,
- be felled,
- be struck down,
- be traumatized,
- become,
- belch,
- blow open,
- blow out,
- break loose,
- break through,
- burst forth,
- burst out,
- catch,
- catch cold,
- clear,
- collapse,
- come down with,
- come forth,
- come out,
- come to be,
- contract,
- crop up,
- cut loose,
- debouch,
- discharge,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disgorge,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- eject,
- emerge,
- eruct,
- erupt,
- exit,
- explode,
- extricate,
- fever,
- find vent,
- free,
- get,
- get out,
- get to be,
- go into shock,
- have origin,
- hurl forth,
- irrupt,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- leak out,
- OD,
- ooze out,
- originate,
- overdose,
- release,
- rise,
- run a temperature,
- run out,
- sicken,
- spew,
- spout,
- spring up,
- take,
- take birth,
- take ill,
- take rise,
- tear loose,
- unknot,
- unravel,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- vomit
Words containing 'break out'
- Break,
- Breaking,
- To break,
- To break down,
- To break from,
- To break in,
- To break into,
- To break of,
- To break off,
- To break off from,
- To break out,
- To break over,
- To break through,
- To break up,
- To break with,
- break down,
- break in,
- break into,
- break off,
- break through,
- break up,
- break with,
- breaking off,
- breaks,
- Break-up,
- Hammer break,
- Make and break,
- Sabbath breaking,
- To break a code,
- To break a deer,
- To break a house,
- To break a jest,
- To break a lance,
- To break a path,
- To break a stag,
- To break away,
- To break bulk,
- To break cover,
- To break fast,
- To break forth,
- To break gates,
- To break ground,
- To break in upon,
- To break jail,
- To break joints,
- To break loose,
- To break no squares,
- To break open,
- To break out a cargo,
- To break sheer,
- To break squares,
- To break the back,
- To break the heart,
- To break the heart of,
- To break the ice,
- To break the neck,
- To break the neck of,
- To break the record,
- To break upon,
- To break wind,
- To-break,
- break apart,
- break away,
- break bread,
- break camp,
- break dance,
- break dancer,
- break dancing,
- break even,
- break forth,
- break ground,
- break loose,
- break of day,
- break of serve,
- break of the day,
- break open,
- break seal,
- break short,
- break the ice,
- break the law,
- break the news,
- break water,
- break wind,
- break-in,
- breaking and entering,
- breaking away,
- breaking ball,
- breaking point,
- breaking wind,
- coffee break,
- fast break,
- service break,
- spring break,
- tax break,
- tea break,
- Break-circuit,
- Stone-break,
- To break one's fast,
- To break upon a wheel,
- Wind-break,
- break one's back,
- break someone's heart,
- break-axe,
- break-dance,
- code-breaking,
- fast-breaking,
- law-breaking,
- prison-breaking,
- record-breaking,
- arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome