Thesaurus results for BROKEN OUT

broken out

verb

past participle 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

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Recent Examples of broken out At that point, Harries had a solid decade of work under his belt, but had not yet broken out in a massive way. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026 The idea has taken hold so firmly in Washington that much of the talk here is about the Democratic infighting that’s already broken out about how to run the Congress that everyone now assumes the Party will soon win. — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026 OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, had recently disclosed astonishing details about how its artificial intelligence agents had broken out of their systems, hacked into another company and tried to cover their tracks. — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 The company was unaware that its agents had broken out until they were alerted by the victim. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Since then, this has all broken out further into public view. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Stringr The launch near where the trio was found is roughly seven miles southwest of a different boat launch, where a car belonging to one of the women was discovered with a window broken out, state police said in a statement Wednesday. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026 Ornelas, 26, has appeared in 32 MLB games for the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves over the last three seasons, but has broken out in Triple-A this season. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Having broken out of prison, Voit tracks them down and saves his daughter. — Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

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When Vučić conceded defeat, shortly after the polls closed, the crowds on the streets erupted in celebration.

— Guy De Launey, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Internal disputes have erupted over how best to expand the business and promote content on the platform to boost audience engagement, according to former Netflix employees and industry insiders who spoke to The Times.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of erupted

Verb

Less than two weeks after the mines exploded, the North fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile more than 700 kilometers.

— Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Sudan’s war began in April 2023, when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in Khartoum and spread across the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026