BREAKOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breakout mean? 

• BREAKOUT (noun)
  The noun BREAKOUT has 1 sense:

1. an escape from jail

  Familiarity information: BREAKOUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAKOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An escape from jail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

break; breakout; gaolbreak; jailbreak; prison-breaking; prisonbreak

Context example:

the breakout was carefully planned

Hypernyms ("breakout" is a kind of...):

escape; flight (the act of escaping physically)

Derivation:

break out (move away or escape suddenly)

 Context examples 

While both explosions delivered a similar energetic punch, no shock breakout was seen in the smaller of the supergiants.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)

The shock breakout itself lasts only about 20 minutes, so catching the flash of energy is an investigative milestone for astronomers.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)

The brilliant flash of an exploding star's shockwave, what astronomers call the "shock breakout" has been captured for the first time in visible light by the Kepler space telescope.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)