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Break open

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open. ambitransitive

    "Lacking a corkscrew, he broke the bottle open."

  2. 2
    erupt or intensify suddenly wordnet
  3. 3
    To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.

    "I think I broke this case open."

  4. 4
    come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure wordnet
  5. 5
    open with force wordnet

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