break open

Verb

• erupt or intensify suddenly
  • Unrest erupted in the country
    
  • Tempers flared at the meeting
    
  • The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism
    

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
  • The bubble burst
    

• open with force
  • He broke open the picnic basket
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  erupt , irrupt , flare up , flare , burst out , burst , split