break open

Verb
  1. Open with force (synset 201349112)
    "He broke open the picnic basket"
    is a type of: open, open up - cause to open or to become open
  2. Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure (synset 200310092)
    "The bubble burst"
    is a type of: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up - become separated into pieces or fragments
    subtypes:
    • pop - burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
    • blow - burst suddenly
    • stave, stave in - burst or force (a hole) into something
    same as: burst, split
  3. Erupt or intensify suddenly (synset 200308567)
    "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
    is a type of: deepen, intensify - become more intense
    same as: burst out, erupt, flare, flare up, irrupt

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