Definition of 'breakout'
Word forms: plural breakouts
countable noun
If there has been a breakout, someone has escaped from prison.
A prisoner escaped one day after he was recaptured following a previous break-out.
High Point prison had the highest number of breakouts of any jail in Britain.
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breakout in British
(ˈbreɪkˌaʊt)noun
1.
Five crocs were at large in Darwin's rural region following a mass breakout from
a crocodile farm.
A prisoner escaped one day after he was recaptured following a previous breakout.
High Point prison had the highest number of breakouts of any jail in Britain.
a mass breakout by more than 50 prisoners who overwhelmed their guards
2.
She is hoping for a breakout with this latest movie.
adjective
4.
constituting or causing a sudden big success
She maintains that the role of Marianne in Sense and Sensibility was her breakout
role.
Who will be the breakout stars of the World Cup?
5.
involving or designed for a small number of people removed from a larger working group
a breakout session
a breakout area
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adjective
2.
achieving, resulting in, or characterized by sudden or unexpected success or popularity
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No shoring, no boring, no blasting, no jackhammers, not even a shield to contain a breakout. CORMORANT (2001)
Hitler sends the entire Forty-eighth Panzer Corps to chop off Patton's neck after the breakout. BLACKWATER SOUND (2001)
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Translations for 'breakout'
British English: breakout NOUN
If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
A prisoner escaped one day after he was recaptured following a previous break-out.
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