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View definitions for break open

break open

verb as in force

verb as in pick

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“He fought to live, and that’s how this case broke open,” she said.

When he didn’t comply, officers tried to break open his car windows.

From BBC

Musah broke open the game in the 49th minute at the end of a six-pass sequence that saw five players touch the ball.

At one such residency, in March 2020 at New York University, company members were breaking open oranges and sharing them with a small audience.

On the fifth floor, they broke open the metal door of the woman’s apartment, and dense black smoke billowed into the stairwell.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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