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Textual thesaurus for "break out"

(verb) recrudesce, erupt

become raw or open

He broke out in hives; My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries; Such boils tend to recrudesce


(verb) erupt

start abruptly

After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc


(verb) break, break away

move away or escape suddenly

The horses broke from the stable; Three inmates broke jail; Nobody can break out--this prison is high security