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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. start abruptly;
- Example: "After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc"
[syn: erupt, break out]

2. begin suddenly and sometimes violently;
- Example: "He broke out shouting"

3. move away or escape suddenly;
- Example: "The horses broke from the stable"
- Example: "Three inmates broke jail"
- Example: "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
[syn: break, break out, break away]

4. take from stowage in preparation for use;

5. become raw or open;
- Example: "He broke out in hives"
- Example: "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"
- Example: "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
[syn: erupt, recrudesce, break out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

break out
    v 1: start abruptly; "After 1989, peace broke out in the former
         East Bloc" [syn: erupt, break out]
    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"; "Nobody can break out--
       this prison is high security" [syn: break, break out,
       break away]
    4: take from stowage in preparation for use
    5: become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks
       out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce"
       [syn: erupt, recrudesce, break out]