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. Pete Hegseth:

   They can’t 180 because they’re in a prison of their own ideological extremes, and they can’t break out of it even in moments when it would make absolute common sense to do that. Like, maybe we should support the police and, like, not let criminals out of jail. Maybe we should, sort of, secure the border. Like, that seems good.

3. Khaled Meshaal:

   This is a plea from me to the Trump administration -- the new American administration -- break out from the wrong approaches of the past and which did not arrive at a result. And perhaps to grab the opportunity presented by Hamas' document.

4. Og Mandino:

   Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

5. Mark Burgess:

   Moreover, at some stage we are going to have to contemplate the possible impacts on the broader economy of the U.S. election result, while disharmony could yet break out within the European Unionm, against this backdrop of growing global risks - which does not feel like the backdrop to positive equity returns - we have decided to take equities back to neutral across our asset allocation portfolios, after favouring the asset class for over five years.