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breakoutbreak‧out /ˈbreɪkaʊt/ noun [countable] - Prison governors met today to discuss ways of preventing similar breakouts in the future.
- There was a mass breakout from a city center prison yesterday.
- Both countries have suffered prison violence, disorder and breakouts.
- For decorations like fluting close grained hardwoods must be used, like box or pear, to avoid breakout and fluffy edges.
- Had there been another mass breakout attempt in the night for which they were all to be punished?
- More than 20 died in a camp fire in 1992, and 50 police were injured during a mass breakout in 1996.
- Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad.
- So I opened the door and snapped on the lights, which made the place look like Stalag 17 during a breakout.
- That stable situation is then made unstable: Somebody proposes a breakout.
- This is especially important if your skin is prone to breakouts in the T-zone.
when someone escapes► escape when someone escapes from prison, from danger, or from someone who is chasing them: · They had planned their escape very carefully.· "Tunnel to Tanto Grande" is the story of a daring escape staged by political prisoners in Peru.escape from: · Until his escape from the camps, he was beaten nearly every day by his captors.narrow escape (=when you only just escape from danger): · It was a narrow escape - a couple of minutes later the whole place went up in flames. ► breakout also jailbreak American an escape from a prison, especially one that involves several prisoners and is done using violence: · Prison governors met today to discuss ways of preventing similar breakouts in the future.· As many as 20 guards may have been involved in the jailbreak.breakout from: · There was a mass breakout from a city center prison yesterday. an escape from a prison, especially one involving a lot of prisoners → break out at break1 |