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breakout vs break-out

Both "breakout" and "break-out" are correct, but the preferred form is "breakout" as it is more commonly used. The hyphenated form "break-out" is less common and may be used in specific contexts for clarity or emphasis.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1291 views

breakout

This is a correct and commonly used form.

The word "breakout" is used to describe a sudden and significant increase or development, especially in a positive way. It can also refer to an escape or a sudden departure.

Examples:

The company experienced a breakout year with record profits.
The prisoner made a daring breakout from the prison.
The breakout session at the conference was very informative.

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This is about the breakout at Iron Heights.
He was in the Cube when the breakout happened.
I hid out here once when I was chasing a breakout.
A synergist is a breakout whose parents are both paranormal.
No breakout's worth getting busted for.
I keep sensing a breakout near Lincoln Center.
A breakout just teleported into the operations room.
I'm tracking a breakout who can kill.
We just brought the breakout into Ultra.
One no breakout could ever contend with.
It just so happens we have a very dangerous criminal breakout on the streets right now.
Ultra's tracking a breakout who actually deserves to get caught.
Jedikiah's missing, kidnapped, teleported off by some rogue breakout.
He was investigating a breakout on his own.
Maybe she bolted with the breakout.
This new breakout has been robbing banks.
When a breakout demonstrates anti-social behavior, they take more extreme measures.
Let's say you and me stage a breakout.
You were travelling with a mage after the breakout, a Qunari.
They were all inside the Cube when the breakout occurred.

Alternatives:

breakthrough
surge
spike
escape

break-out

This is a correct form but less commonly used.

The hyphenated form "break-out" can be used in specific contexts for clarity or emphasis, but it is less common than the solid form "breakout".

Examples:

The team needed a break-out performance to win the championship.
The break-out session was highlighted in the conference program.

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You could lead a mass break-out.
Good job on the break-out. That was actually...
You threw me a break-out party, man.
But our agents inside the Thal dome report a newly arrived girl prisoner who led an attempted break-out.
Since the break-out of epidemics in a number of Member States in 2000, considerable economic damage has been caused.
The efficacy working party (EWP), chaired by Professor Alfred Hildebrandt and co-chaired by Dr Barbara van Zwieten-Boot met on five occasions in 1998 with a number of break-out and ad hoc meetings.
It is important to mention that in 1998 there was a decrease of 48% in the number of break-out sessions for new applications compared to the period 1995 to 1997.
In addition to Shelly, the break-out freed... one...
The MRFG reviewed the protocol for the handling of break-out sessions in order to improve the outcome of these meetings for clarification of serious public health concerns.

Alternatives:

breakout
breakthrough
surge
spike

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