1. break_open - verb
· open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket"
2. break_open - verb
· come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
Hypernym(s): break, separate, split_up, fall_apart, come_apart
3. break_open - verb
· erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
Synonym(s): erupt, irrupt, flare_up, flare, burst_out
Hypernym(s): intensify, deepen
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