Thesaurus results for BROKEN OUT

broken out

verb

past participle of break out

as in erupted

to develop suddenly and violently in the wake of news reports of deaths from the flu, panic broke out, and there was a mad rush for flu shots

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Recent Examples of broken out Like his sister, Norm MacLean (Moises Arias) has also broken out of the vaults and come face to face with the Wasteland. —

Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026 YouTube’s business also encompasses subscription revenue from YouTube TV, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music, which isn’t broken out by Alphabet. —

Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026 In Minneapolis, confrontations have broken out and multiple protesters have been arrested. —

N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026 Heineman, who was an afterthought for many in the Dobson trade, has broken out as a complementary top-six contributor. —

Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026 But soon enough, the tiny fire truck has lost its wheels and a fight has broken out over whose Care Bears keychain is cooler, though neither of my children has ever owned a key. —

Mandy Len Catron, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026 Violent protests have broken out in the Mexican state of Michoacán over the murder of an outspoken anti-crime mayor, who was killed over the weekend while taking part in a Day of the Dead celebration. —

Max Saltman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025 By the time the wage board announced that the lowest-grade workers would receive 12,500 Bangladeshi taka ($102) per month, full-fledged riots had broken out, drawing police gunfire that killed three workers and resulting in a factory blaze that caused the death of a fourth. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025 The ratio has also broken out above the 40-week moving average — an additional positive catalyst in relative terms. —

Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025

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But his efforts to safeguard the Crown’s reputation were overshadowed when a second controversy erupted, this time implicating his wife and Høiby’s mother, the country’s future queen.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Her reelection bid comes after a first term defined by a series of overlapping crises, including homelessness, the immigration enforcement raids, public safety concerns, and the Palisades fire that erupted last January, killing 12 people and destroying thousands of homes.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026