Main entry: break open, burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt
Definition: erupt or intensify suddenly
Usage: Unrest erupted in the country; Tempers flared at the meeting; The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
Main entry: break open, burst, split
Definition: come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
Usage: The bubble burst
Main entry: break open
Definition: open with force
Usage: He broke open the picnic basket