How to say "breakout" in Japanese

• 脱走だっそうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe common word for escape, flight, or fleeing; it covers 'breakout' in the sense of getting out of confinement such as a prison, with a nuance of slipping away and running off.
  動物園どうぶつえんから一いち頭とうのトラが脱走だっそうした。↗

  A tiger has escaped from the zoo.
• ブレイクアウト
  suru verb, no-adjectiveA loanword for a breakout, as from a prison; it is less common, so 脱走 is usually the safer choice even for prison breakouts.

For 'breakout' in the sense of escaping confinement, 脱走 is the common word and the usual choice; 「ブレイクアウト」 is a less common loanword for the same idea, as in a prison breakout.

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• 脱走だっそうescape
• ブレイクアウトbreakout (e.g. from prison)