break open

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verb

1. open with force (Freq. 2)
- He broke open the picnic basket
• Hypernyms:
open, open up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They want to break open the doors
2. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
- 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:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. erupt or intensify suddenly
- Unrest erupted in the country
- Tempers flared at the meeting
- 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:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s