Synonyms for break out
break out

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1. break outverb

   to separate from a bundle

   Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.

   Synonyms:
   sunder out

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1. erupt, break outverb

   start abruptly

   "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"

   Synonyms:
   come out, flare up, catch fire, ignite, break through, extravasate, belch, flare, break open, break, burst, combust, irrupt, erupt, burst out, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, break away

2. break outverb

   begin suddenly and sometimes violently

   "He broke out shouting"

   Synonyms:
   erupt, recrudesce, break, break away

3. break, break out, break awayverb

   move away or escape suddenly

   "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

   Synonyms:
   crack, break away, give way, soften, run, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, chip, snap off, stop, go, bunk, demote, separate, turn tail, split, give away, damp, smash, fly the coop, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, chip off, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, scarper, let on, get around, escape, wear out, cave in, break-dance, break up, check, give out, break in, give, split up, secede, splinter, better, burst, go bad, take to the woods, breach, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, break down, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, hightail it, kick downstairs, scat, part, lam, infract, run away, head for the hills, fail, come apart, bankrupt, come off, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, wear

4. break outverb

   take from stowage in preparation for use

   Synonyms:
   erupt, recrudesce, break, break away

5. erupt, recrudesce, break outverb

   become raw or open

   "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"

   Synonyms:
   come out, flare up, catch fire, ignite, break through, extravasate, belch, develop, flare, break open, break, burst, combust, irrupt, erupt, burst out, conflagrate, push through, recrudesce, take fire, break away

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1. break out

   Synonyms:
   issue, break forth, burst out

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1. Didier Lauga:

   We came very close to a disaster, there are still firefighters in place in case fires break out again.

2. Federico Lombardi:

   But you know that going to Mexico without going to visit the Madonna (of Guadalupe) would be a drama. A war could break out!

3. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham:

   When a million and a half people watch the first debate, and 14 million watch the second, your ability to break out is fairly limited.

4. Lindsey Graham:

   … [ is ] creating a situation that a nuclear war may break out any moment. China is also calling on North Korea state media to stop the drills, saying they won't bring North Korea back to the bargaining table. North Korea state media says these military drills, which involve a staggering 12,000 U.S. Service members, were planned in advance – but the timing is certainly appropriate. FLIGHT CREW WITNESSED NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR MISSILE TEST, AIRLINE SAYS This past weekend, Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said it is time for U.S. military families in South Korea to leave because, in his words, conflict with North Korea could be imminent. We're getting close to a military conflict because North Korea's marching toward marrying up the technology of an ICBM with a nuclear weapon on top that can not only get to America but deliver the weapon.

5. Michael Church:

   Everyone is obsessed with the Fed, it shouldn't surprise anyone that we didn't break out to new highs this week, given that you had Yellen speaking today and payrolls coming out on Friday.