Break Out

Definition: Break Out

Break Out

Verb

1. Start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc".

2. Begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting".

3. Move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail".

4. Take from stowage in preparation for usage.

5. Become raw or open; as of skin eruptions; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Break Out

Beginning

Come into existence, come into the world; make one's debut, take birth; burst forth, break out; spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize.

Disease

Lay by, lay up; take a disease, catch a disease; Noun: catch an infection; break out.

Escape

Elude; make off; (avoid); march off; (go away); give one the slip; slip through the hands, slip through the fingers; slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison; break away, slip away, get away; find vent, find a hole to creep out of.

Excitability

Lose one's temper; break out, burst out, fly out; go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool; explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn; boil, boil over; foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear; go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics; run riot, run amuck; battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce.

Violence

Break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, prize open.

Crosswords: Break Out

If only one of us wants to break out of his life you make a criminal out of him! (Nam's Angels; writing credit: Alan Caillou)

Why don't you break out the scotch first? (The Birdmen; writing credit: David Kidd)

Well, I guess you can't break out of prison and into society in the same week. (Stagecoach; writing credit: Ernest Haycox; Dudley Nichols)

Break out those sails and watch them fill with the wind that's carrying us all to freedom! (Captain Blood; writing credit: Rafael Sabatini; Casey Robinson)

EVERYONCE IN A WHILE I'LL BREAK OUT THE BACKYARD TO ROAM (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

To break out of the shell (I'm Coming Out; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince about to break out (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

Break out, yeah (Original Prankster; performing artist: The Offspring)

Before you can break out of prison, you must realize that you are locked up. (references; author: unknown)

Break Out of an Encirclement (1961)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Break Out : A Definitive Study of Creative Problem Solving and Life Enhancement (reference)

• Break Out of the Box (Break Out of the Box) (reference)

• Break Out Of The Corporate World - With Knockdown! -- Martin Dugard on Risk And Adventure [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Break Out of the Darkness (reference)

• Break Out! in Search of New Theatrical Environments (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Break Out (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

And then the leaves break out on the trees, and the petals drop from the fruit trees and carpet the earth with pink and white.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If, however, the body's resistance is low because of aging, infections such as HIV, malnutrition, or other factors, the bacilli may break out of the tubercles in the alveoli and cause active disease. (references)

Economic History

Spain

After the return of democracy following the death of General Franco in 1975, Spain's foreign policy priorities were to break out of the diplomatic isolation of the Franco years and expand diplomatic relations, enter the European Community, and define security relations with the West. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "break out": break out in a rash ♦ break out into ♦ break out into a sweat ♦ break out into blossom ♦ To break out ♦ To break out a cargo. Additional references.

Albanian

shpërthej (blast, blow up, break, burst, detonate, erupt, explode, flame out, flame up, freak, implode, let off, poke out), plas (crack, fling, howl, plunk, pop, rip), nis befas (flare up), arratisem (break, decamp, elope, escape, evade, run off, scat, scoot, sling one's hook, take away, take flight). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تندلع, ‏إندفع (bicker, dash, fling, flush, lunge, make, precipitate, regurgitate, rip, rush, scramble, stampede, stream, surge, swarm, tumble, urge, zip), ‏أصاب بطفح جلدي, ‏برز (accentuate, bring out, bulge, come into view, display, emerge, excrete, feature, form, germinate, heighten, image, jut, outcrop, outdo, point, project, protrude, raise, relieve, shine, shoot, show up, spring, stand out, stick, stick out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разразявам се, отварям (blow in, open, open up, put up, tear open, throw in, throw open, turn on, unbolt, undo, unseal, unstop, unwrap), бликвам (break forth, burst, flush, spirt, spring, spurt, stream), избягвам (abscond, break loose, circumnavigate, dodge, elope, elude, escape, evade, gallop away, get away, get off, get out, go off, make a break for it, mizzle, obviate, prevent, run, run away, run off, scarper, scuttle away, shrink away, shun, skirt around, skitter, take flight), избива ме на. (various references)

Chinese 

暴發 , 勃發 (prosper, thrive). (various references)

Czech

vypuknout (launch), vybuchnout (blow up, detonate, erupt, explode, go bang, go off, pop off), propuknout (break, recrudesce). (various references)

Danish

skoent en betydelig maengde gas vil forsvinde fra borevaesken i borevaeskesigterne,er en vakuumdegasser noedvendig til helt af faa fjernet gassen (although a considerable portion of gas will break out of drilling mud at the shale shakers). (various references)

Dutch

hoewel een groot deel van het gas bij de trilzeef uit de spoeling zal ontsnappen,is het toch noodzakelijk een vacuum spoelingontgasser te gebruiken om het gas grondiger te verwijderen (although a considerable portion of gas will break out of drilling mud at the shale shakers). (various references)

Finnish

syttyä (be kindled, blaze up, burst into flames, catch fire, ignite, kindle, light, take fire), puhjeta (blossom, burst, burst into flower, come out, open). (various references)

French

sortir, se déclencher, se déclarer, se déchaîner, s'échapper, déraper. (various references)

German

ausbrechen (blow out, blow up, break away, break loose, break off, break up, bring up, burst, burst out, bust, bust out, come away, come on, erupt, escape, explode, get loose, heave up, swerve, throw up, to break out, to erupt, vomit). (various references)

Greek 

ξεσπώ (burst, burst into, erupt). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תפרץ (barge in, break in, burst, flare up, gush, jet, make a scene, surge), ל�"תחולל (be formed, rage, take place, whirl), ל�"ת�'לע (burst out, erupt). (various references)

Hungarian

kitörés (break-out, burst, bursting, ejaculation, eruption, explosion, extrusion, flaw, gust, lunge, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, sally, shooting, shy, sortie, spirt, tantrum), kitör (burst out, to blunt, to break forth, to break loose, to break out, to erupt, to explode, to flare up, to get out of control, to jink, to make a sally, to sally out, to spout), elszökik (escape, run away, run off, to abscond, to break out, to chase oneself, to run off, to show a clean pair of heels, to take a powder, to take one's heels, to wind out). (various references)

Indonesian

berbangkit (get up), menyimbah (appear, bespatter, splash). (various references)

Italian

spedare (trip), scoppiare (bang, blow, break, burst, erupt, explode, pop, puncture), scatenare (rouse, run wild, set off, stir up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

沸き上がる (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe), 湧き上がる (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe), 湧き上る (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe), 浮き出る (to rise to the surface, to stand or break out). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うきでる (to rise to the surface, to stand or break out), わきあがる (to arise, to be in uproar, to boil up, to break out, to seethe). (various references)

Manx

goaill toshiaght (begin, breed, come up, commence, dawn, originate, set to, start). (various references)

Pig Latin

eakbray outay

Portuguese

desobstruir (clear, discharge, free, open, unblock, unstop). (various references)

Romanian

izbucni (break forth, burst, burst into, burst out, erupt, flare, fling, gush, spurt), exclama (cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, shout), evada (break away, escape, flee, get away, make one's escape, make one's getaway), erupe (erupt). (various references)

Russian 

разражаться (burst into, burst out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probiti (break through, clear, cleave, come through, elbow, fight, force, go through, penetrate, pierce, plow, poke, ram, run through, stave in, thrust, wedge), pobeći (elope, escape, flee, get away, make off, run, run away, run off, take flight), planuti (blaze, burst in, burst into, fire up, flare, flare up, flash), izniknuti (arise, sprout), izbiti (beat, burst in, burst out, erupt, lambaste, strike, thrash, trounce). (various references)

Spanish

salir a uno, salir (absent onself, break, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), hacerse oír, gritar (bark, bawl, bawl out, bellow, call, call out, chant, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, faggot, fagot, halloo, holler, hoot, howl, outcry, scold, scream, shout, shout out, shriek, shrill out, sing out, to shout, whoop, yell), exclamar (cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, shout), evadirse (abscond, break away, escape, get away, hedge, run away, weave), estallar (bang, blow up, break, break forth, burst, crack, detonate, erupt, explode, flare up, go off, go up, outbreak, puncture, shatter), escaparse (abscond, bilk, break away, escape, flee, get away, get out, leak, leak out, make tracks, run away, sling one's hook, take flight, take to one's heels, wriggle, wriggle out), declararse (come out, pop the question, walk out). (various references)

Swedish

bryta ut (strike), bryta fram (burst out), utbrytning (break, break-out, secession), utbryta. (various references)

Turkish

patlak vermek (blow up, burst, burst out, erupt, explode, outcrop), çıkmak (ascend, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out). (various references)

Turkmen 

цrmek (braid, break out (in a rash), knit). (various references)

Ukrainian

утекти (bunk, escape, evade, make away, mizzle, nip, pull it, run off, shank, whip away), спалахнути (blaze up, burst into flame, flame up, outblaze), виламувати (break in). (various references)

consurgam, consurgamus, consurgant, consurgat, consurgatis, consurge, consurgebant, consurgens, consurgensque, consurgent, consurgente, consurgentes, consurgere, consurgerent, consurgeret, consurges, consurget, consurgetis, consurgit, consurgite, consurgitis, consurgo, consurgunt, consurrexeris, consurrexerunt, consurrexit, effloresco, effuderim, effuderint, effuderis, effuderit, effuderitis, effudero, effuderunt, effudi, effudisti, effudit, effundam, effundant, effundas, effundatis, effundatur, effunde, effundebantque, effundebatur, effundendum, effundens, effundensque, effundent, effundentem, effundentes, effundentium, effunderem, effunderent, effundes, effundet, effundetur, effundi, effundit, effundite, effunditur, effundo, effusa, effusi, effuso, effusorum, effusum, effusus, erumpant, erumpe, erumpebant, erumpebat, erumpens, erumpentes, erumpentium, erumpere, erumpet, erumpite, erumpunt, exardescent, exardesceret, exardescet, exardescit, exarserit, exarserunt, exarsisti, exarsit, supereffundentia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: breakout, outbreak.

-1 letter: outbake, outbark.

-2 letters: arbute, boater, borate, rebato, rubato, tabour.

-3 letters: abort, about, baker, beaut, boart, brake, break, broke, brute, buret, burke, buteo, kebar, korat, kraut, kurta, oater, orate, outer, outre, rebut, route, taber, tabor, taker, tarok, toker, troak, troke, tubae, tuber, turbo, urate.

-4 letters: abet, abut, aero, auto, bake, bare, bark, bate, beak, bear.

+1 letter: breakouts, outbarked, outbreaks.

+4 letters: backcourtmen, breakthrough, troublemaker.

+5 letters: backcountries, breakthroughs, mountebankery, troublemakers, troublemaking.