broken out
Escaped from confinement
Broken out is the past participle of break out, used when something has emerged, escaped, or suddenly appeared.
A rash that has broken out has appeared on the skin; a prisoner who has broken out has escaped confinement.
Fighting or disease that has broken out has begun suddenly: Violence had broken out in the capital.
Data or figures broken out have been separated into categories for analysis: The report shows costs broken out by department.
- eruptedBurst out violently
- cold sweatFear-triggered perspiration
- rupturedSplit from strain
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- burstBreak apart suddenly
smashed · spread like wildfire · hives · skin rash · escape · fractured · disintegrated · itemized · liberation · segregated · lesion · fragmented · separated · jailbreak · split · flare-up · rash · exodus
broken outcontained
Kept within limits
confined · imprisoned · locked in · trapped · enclosed
broken outaggregated
Combined into one total
combined · consolidated · merged · rolled up · grouped
broken outcleared up
Made understandable or fair
healed · subsided · faded · resolved · blemish-free
broken, out, break, broke, breaks, breaking, unbroken, breakage, outbreak