Synonyms for 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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How to use break out in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Increase the restrictions on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, so you increase the break out time, and don’t lift those restrictions until Iran stops fomenting terrorism and aggression and stops calling for Israel’s destruction, that’s the right deal.

3. Floyd Taylor:

   I was just surprised that [ the fight ] would actually break out like that, with all the Wendy’s employees, it was wild in there.

4. Uri Landesman:

   While I'd love to see oil break out, I don't think it will happen yet.

5. 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.

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