BROKE OUT (OF) Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

broke out (of)

verb

past tense of break out (of)

as in escaped

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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To win over Hispanic voters who fled regimes in countries like Cuba and Venezuela, the GOP has tapped into fears of a socialist takeover, fueled by the rise of increasingly progressive Democratic candidates.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Many of them fled to the south to escape famine and economic hardship.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

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