Word

break open, v.
freq. cnt. 2

open with force
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

break open

sample sentences

"He broke open the picnic basket"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They want to %s the doors

semantic pointers

hypernym

erupt or intensify suddenly
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

break open burst out erupt flare flare up irrupt

sample sentences

"Unrest erupted in the country"
"Tempers flared at the meeting"
"The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

intensify, deepen

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2

break open burst split

sample sentences

"The bubble burst"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The wooden sticks %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

hyponym

pop blow stave, stave in