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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. open with force;
- Example: "He broke open the picnic basket"

2. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure;
- Example: "The bubble burst"
[syn: burst, split, break open]

3. erupt or intensify suddenly;
- Example: "Unrest erupted in the country"
- Example: "Tempers flared at the meeting"
- Example: "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
[syn: erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

break open
    v 1: open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket"
    2: come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal
       pressure; "The bubble burst" [syn: burst, split, break
       open]
    3: erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country";
       "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a
       burst of patriotism" [syn: erupt, irrupt, flare up,
       flare, break open, burst out]