"break open" meaning in English

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      "form": "breaks open",
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    {
      "form": "breaking open",
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    {
      "form": "broke open",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "broken open",
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        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> open"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "word": "breakopen"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Lacking a corkscrew, he broke the bottle open.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open."
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        [
          "break",
          "break#English"
        ],
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          "open",
          "open#English"
        ]
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        "(transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open."
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I think I broke this case open.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The new evidence has broken this case open.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made."
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  "word": "break open"
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      "word": "breakopen"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "breaking open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "broke open",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "broken open",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> open"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open."
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          "break",
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          "open",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open."
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        {
          "text": "I think I broke this case open.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The new evidence has broken this case open.",
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        }
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        "To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made."
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