break loose

Verb

Meaning

be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

run away from confinement

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

escape get away burst forth bolt leave flee disappear depart explode evade vanish elude decamp skedaddle abscond

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Antonyms

tenting be confined be seized be put behind bars be put in irons be put in jail

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Hypernyms

turn fly flee take flight change state

Hyponyms

slip break escape evade shake elude

Examples

I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect. George Carlin

The new Germany is a democracy. So was the old Germany, or it tried to be: but then the Nazis got on, and Hell broke loose. It can break loose anywhere: all people have hellish propensities. Clive James

It is the fool's sheep that break loose twice. Ghana Proverb

His anger exploded Source: Internet

The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison Source: Internet

He eats the contents of one, but then the others all begin to hatch, and hell (or rather, spiders, though there's not much difference in the episode) break loose. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

break law break lights break line break loose from break luck break movie