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PRISONBREAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prisonbreak mean? 

PRISONBREAK (noun)
  The noun PRISONBREAK has 1 sense:

1. an escape from jailplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PRISONBREAK (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 ("prisonbreak" is a kind of...):

escape; flight (the act of escaping physically)


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