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breakout
breakout
noun
Definition of BREAKOUT
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement <the captives had been planning to stage a breakout at the next change in shift for the guards>
Related Words jailbreak; deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation; close call, close shave, near miss
Near Antonyms captivity, confinement, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, internment; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble
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