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>

Synonyms break, breakout, bunk [British], flight, getaway, lam, rout, slip

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