Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) break open (open with force) "He broke open the picnic basket"
S: (v) burst, split, break open (come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure) "The bubble burst"
S: (v) erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out (erupt or intensify suddenly) "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"