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break open

break open verb: to make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.

Verb

break open (third-person singular simple present breaks open, present participle breaking open, simple past broke open, past participle broken open)

  1. (idiomatic) To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.
    • I think I broke this case open.
    • The new evidence has broken this case open.
    Synonyms:
    force
  2. (ambitransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open.
    • Lacking a corkscrew, he broke the bottle open.

break open meaning in Kannada

break open in Kannada

to break open or out
ಸೀಳು sīḷu

Synonyms of break open

Forms of break open

third-person singular presentbreaks open
present participlebreaking open
pastbroke open
past participlebroken open

Words formed from break open

Questions about break open

What does break open mean?
Break open means to make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.
What is break open in Kannada?
Break open in Kannada is ಸೀಳು (sīḷu). See Break open meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is break open?
Break open is a verb.
What is the past tense of break open?
The past tense of break open is broke open.

Words near break open in the dictionary

  1. break one's maiden
  2. break one's neck
  3. break one's promise
  4. break one's stride
  5. break one's word
  6. break open
  7. break out
  8. break point
  9. break points
  10. break ranks
  11. break reality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: break open (page history and authors); ಸೀಳು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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