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BREAK LOOSE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
Example:
His anger exploded
Synonyms:
break loose; burst forth; explode
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "break loose" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Run away from confinement
Example:
The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "break loose" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "break loose"):
break; break away; break out (move away or escape suddenly)
escape from; shake; shake off; throw off (get rid of)
bilk; elude; evade (escape, either physically or mentally)
exfiltrate (escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control)
slip (move smoothly and easily)
run away (escape from the control of)
escape; get away (remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
