break open

Example Sentences

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When the lypABC genes were removed, cells could no longer break open to release GTA particles.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

The novel partnership between students and police to break open a decades-old murder case, with a love triangle at its center, was irresistible fodder for the media’s true-crime boom.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Others might be too wary of its potential value as a collectible to break open the packaging to the token itself, which carries instructions on how to access the online Remorse Portal to save Angus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“The world itself is loud and overwhelming,” Kittelmann said, noting that meaning emerges when familiar connections break open, allowing attention to shift to the gaps between.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Inside the meat was a hard stone that no child had ever been able to break open.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith