broken out (of)

verb

past participle of break out (of)
as in escaped
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation at last she decided to break out of her suffocating marriage

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  1. escaped
  2. fled
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  • Denis Bouanga scored late in the second half and Los Angeles FC escaped with a 1-1 draw after trailing the Portland Timbers for 75 minutes on Saturday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Their study analyzed more than 2 million chat messages and identified examples involving grooming, sexualization of minors, bullying, violence and sensitive information sharing that escaped moderation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of escaped
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  • Chow, Lee and Ho were prominent figures within Hong Kong’s now-defunct democracy movement, which has seen most of its leaders either jailed, fled overseas or fallen silent.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • By the time the curtain came down after the first act, much of the audience could wait no more and fled for the exits.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of fled
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“Broken out (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broken%20out%20%28of%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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