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break open

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Verb1.break open - open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket"
open, open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"
2.break open - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
burst, split
pop - burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"
blow - burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
stave, stave in - burst or force (a hole) into something
come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
3.break open - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
erupt, flare up, irrupt, burst out, flare
deepen, intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"


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Then I wanted to arrange some contrivance to break open the doors of bronze under the White Sphinx.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
The house being completely encircled, a small number of men were despatched to break open a tool-shed in the garden; and during their absence on this errand, the remainder contented themselves with knocking violently at the doors, and calling to those within, to come down and open them on peril of their lives.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
He said readily, that the way was to keep them off with our great shot as long as we could, and then to use our small arms, to keep them from boarding us; but when neither of these would do any longer, we would retire to our close quarters, for perhaps they had not materials to break open our bulkheads, or get in upon us.
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