Break open
Break open verb - Erupt or intensify suddenly.
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Make and break open are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb phrase "Break open".
Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Break open and make are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break open" instead a verb "Make".
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And then... the Neverborn and the Yozis conspire to break open the Jade Prison, and use its captives to make their own Exalted.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain - Of the few The Children's Hour fanfics that exist almost all of them make Karen break open Martha's bedroom door a few seconds earlier, which in turn has Martha's suicide fail.
Source: Fix Fic -
During Mission 1, while the PCs are fighting in the warehouse boxes will break open and spill ball bearings all over the floor, which will make slipping and falling very likely.
Source: Slippery Skid
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