break open

from 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}]
    

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