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Definition of 'breakout'

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breakout

(breɪkaʊt ) also break-out
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. 
an escape, esp from prison or confinement
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. 
a great success, esp following relatively mediocre or disappointing performances
She is hoping for a breakout with this latest movie.
3. sport
a sudden attack, esp from a defensive position, in football, hockey, etc
another name for breakaway
modifier
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 2012?
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breakout in American

(ˈbreɪkˌaʊt ; brākˈoutˌ)
noun
1. 
a sudden, forceful escape, as from prison or enemy troop encirclement
adjective
2. 
achieving, resulting in, or characterized by sudden or unexpected success or popularity
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'breakout'

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No shoring, no boring, no blasting, no jackhammers, not even a shield to contain a breakout. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2001)
Hitler sends the entire Forty-eighth Panzer Corps to chop off Patton's neck after the breakout. James W. Hall 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.
  • American English: breakout
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fuga
  • Chinese: 越狱
  • European Spanish: fuga
  • French: évasion
  • German: Ausbruch
  • Italian: evasione
  • Japanese: 脱獄
  • Korean: 탈옥
  • European Portuguese: fuga
  • Spanish: fuga

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Nearby words of 'breakout'

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