BREAK OPEN

• (verb) erupt or intensify suddenly

  "Unrest erupted in the country", "Tempers flared at the meeting", "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

  synonyms : burst out , erupt , flare , flare up , irrupt

• (verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

  "The bubble burst"

  synonyms : burst , split

• (verb) open with force

  "He broke open the picnic basket"

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