Break open
Break open verb - Erupt or intensify suddenly.
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Locked and break open are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Locked" instead a verb phrase "Break open".
Locked
Break open and locked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break open" instead a verb "Locked".
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- Also, bashing a locked chest or door with a leather sneaker can break open the lock.
Source: Video Game / Slash Em Extended - Use Your Head: Fortunately inverted in "Age Dee-fying" - Parker asks "Guys, a little muscle please" when she fails to break open a door Dee has locked everyone out of.
- In season 6 of Supernatural, Castiel becomes this after Micheal has been locked up with Lucifer, and the only remaining archangel wants to break open the cage so Lucy and Mike can finish up their big fight, or even worse, become the new God.
Source: Necessarily Evil
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Locked and Break open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break_open/locked
Break open & Locked. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break_open/locked>.
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