breakout

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   An escape from prison.countableuncountable

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   An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.countableuncountable

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   The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.countableuncountable

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   An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).countableuncountable

   • But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties.
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   A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.countableuncountable

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   A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.countableuncountable

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   A style of video game that involves moving a paddle to deflect a ball into a wall of bricks to eliminate them one by one.uncountable

   • […] a "breakout" game where a ball is bounced off a bar at the bottom of the screen up to a wall of bricks. Each time the ball strikes a brick it is eliminated and points are awarded.
   • […] a breakout game in Greenfoot […] In breakout the user hits a ball with a paddle into bricks […]

syn. jailbreak · prison break

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   Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to sudden mainstream success.not-comparable

   • Then in 1991, Jada won her breakout role playing Lena James on NBC's A Different World.
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   Splitting a signal into several signals.attributivenot-comparable

   • breakout box; breakout cable