break open meaning and definition

BREAK OPEN verb

Definition of break open (verb)

1. open with force
   • "He broke open the picnic basket"
2. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
   • "The bubble burst"
   • synonyms: burst, split
3. 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