Synonyms for break out

Synonyms for (verb) break out

Synonyms: recrudesce, erupt, break out

Definition: become raw or open

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

Similar words: trouble, ail, pain

Definition: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed


Synonyms: break out, erupt

Definition: start abruptly

Usage: After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc

Similar words: begin, start

Definition: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

Usage: The DMZ begins right over the hill; The second movement begins after the Allegro; Prices for these homes start at $250,000


Synonyms: break out

Definition: begin suddenly and sometimes violently

Usage: He broke out shouting

Similar words: begin, start

Definition: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

Usage: The DMZ begins right over the hill; The second movement begins after the Allegro; Prices for these homes start at $250,000


Synonyms: break out

Definition: take from stowage in preparation for use

Similar words: unpack, take out

Definition: remove from its packing

Usage: unpack the presents


Synonyms: break, break away, break out

Definition: move away or escape suddenly

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

Similar words: escape, break loose, get away

Definition: run away from confinement

Usage: The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison


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