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}]