break open

break open
verb
1. open with force (Freq. 2)
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He broke open the picnic basket

Hypernyms: ↑open, ↑open up
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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They want to break open the doors

2. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
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The bubble burst

Syn: ↑burst, ↑split
Derivationally related forms: ↑split (for: ↑split), ↑burst (for: ↑burst)
Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑separate, ↑split up, ↑fall apart, ↑come apart
Hyponyms: ↑pop, ↑blow, ↑stave, ↑stave in
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

3. erupt or intensify suddenly
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Unrest erupted in the country

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Tempers flared at the meeting

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The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism

Syn: ↑erupt, ↑irrupt, ↑flare up, ↑flare, ↑burst out
Derivationally related forms: ↑flare-up (for: ↑flare up), ↑irruption (for: ↑irrupt), ↑eruption (for: ↑erupt)
Hypernyms: ↑intensify, ↑deepen
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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break open [phrasal verb]
break open or break open (something) or break (something) open : to open or to cause (something) to open suddenly

The pods broke open and the seeds scattered on the wind.

The police broke open the door.

The burglars broke open the locked safe.

— see also break 3 (above), 1
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Main Entry:break

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