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Princeton's WordNet

  1. explode, burst forth, break looseverb

    be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

    "His anger exploded"

  2. escape, get away, break looseverb

    run away from confinement

    "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

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  1. break looseverb

    to escape, to free oneself

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  1. break loose

    To "break loose" generally means to free oneself or become free from some form of restriction, restraint, or confinement. It can also refer to something starting or happening suddenly, often in a chaotic or wild manner. This term can be used in a variety of contexts, including physical, emotional, or situational scenarios.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of break loose in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of break loose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of break loose in a Sentence

  1. Kallum Pickering:

    All hell could break loose as the various factions of parliament struggle to gain control of the Brexit process, we are probably about to enter the phase of peak uncertainty.

  2. Chet Nagle:

    That system has been excruciatingly tested, successfully, at White Sands, against simulated targets, real targets, and it does the job it was designed to do, they'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system.

  3. André Maurois:

    The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

  4. Chet Nagle:

    They'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system, the fact of the matter remains, the threat that this system was designed to counter hasn't gone away.

  5. Jeffrey Schmidt:

    Little did we know, all hell was about to break loose. People started to pass out and fall to the ground.


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