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break out

verb as in happen, emerge

verb as in escape

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County Fire Department has to have a plan if a fire breaks out tomorrow.

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It calls on the US to "reassure the people of Palau" that civilians will be protected if conflict was o break out.

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“It’s important to not forget the main goal—to stop the Russian war and prevent it from breaking out again in the future,” Zelensky wrote on social media.

Large-scale street protests broke out immediately, forcing him to quickly reverse course.

His age meant he narrowly avoided Ukraine's military draft for men aged 18 and older when war broke out and he sought refuge in Germany before moving to Japan.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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