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 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 Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a war had broken out between Israel and the Socialist regimes of Egypt and Syria. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 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 As the chart shows, it has also consistently broken out of consolidation patterns from a relative-strength perspective, with those breakouts versus XLV leading to meaningful upside follow-through. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 17 June 2026

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Two men were killed and nearly three dozen people injured when gunfire erupted at a homecoming weekend block party in Vienna, a small town in south Georgia.

— Mike Stewart, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
His nose bled frequently, and his whole body regularly erupted into sudden, violent bouts of chills.

— Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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Widening the southern portion of State Highway 69 has been a priority for the state as South Meridian and Kuna’s populations have exploded in recent years.

— Rose Evans October 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026
Combos, or multiple contracts stacked together that only pay out if all of them win — similar to parlays on traditional sportsbooks — have exploded in popularity.

— Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026