Synonyms of broke out

broke out

verb

past tense of break out

as in erupted

to develop suddenly and violently

in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out, and there was a mad rush for flu shots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erupted
• exploded
• burst (forth)
• blazed (up)
• flared (up)
• mounted
• swelled
• touched off
• skyrocketed
• flamed
• proliferated
• rocketed
• mushroomed
• multiplied
• waxed
• detonated
• ballooned
• blew up
• snowballed
• burgeoned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of broke out

The utility this weekend also de-energized lines around a brush fire that broke out Saturday, prompting evacuation orders several miles south of Lahaina town, the site of the 2023 deadly fires. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

And over the summer, two models that were being tested by OpenAI broke out of their isolated testing environment, gained internet access and breached another company called Hugging Face. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

After war broke out over religious and political differences in 1642, people had to flee when their villages became war zones, while other places were filled with desperate refugees. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Twelve teenagers were shot early Sunday morning after gunfire broke out at a birthday party in Macon, Georgia. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026

First, OpenAI revealed that a swarm of its experimental AI models broke out of a testing environment and hacked another AI platform, Hugging Face, without human direction or knowledge. — Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

The Mineral Fire broke out near Iowa Hill Road and had been mapped at 2 acres by a Cal Fire intelligence aircraft. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

On the plane from Lisbon to London, a fire broke out in the cockpit. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Gunfire broke out at an apartment complex in the 1000 block of North Hairston Road, just north of Memorial Drive and just outside the city of Stone Mountain. — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026