"break containment" meaning in English

See break containment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: breaks containment [present, singular, third-person], breaking containment [participle, present], broke containment [past], broken containment [participle, past]
Etymology: Originated in this sense the microblogging and social media platform Tumblr. Derived from the title of the horror video game SCP – Containment Breach, set inside a facility in which paranormal entities have escaped containment. Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,broke,broken>}} break containment (third-person singular simple present breaks containment, present participle breaking containment, simple past broke containment, past participle broken containment)
  1. (social media, originally fandom slang) Of a post or piece of media, to be shown to a larger audience than originally intended; typically either to a non-fandom community or to an outside platform.
    Sense id: en-break_containment-en-verb-n7hBr7B2 Categories (other): Social media, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, SCP Foundation, Tumblr Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of SCP Foundation: 88 12 Disambiguation of Tumblr: 73 27
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, containment. Related terms: containment breach, context collapse, viral
    Sense id: en-break_containment-en-verb-iezKXdJv

Inflected forms

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