1. break_out - verb
· start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
Synonym(s): erupt
2. break_out - verb
· begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting"
3. break_out - verb
· move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
Synonym(s): break, break_away
Hypernym(s): escape, get_away, break_loose
4. break_out - verb
· take from stowage in preparation for use
5. break_out - verb
· become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
Synonym(s): erupt, recrudesce
Hypernym(s): trouble, ail, pain
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