break
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: brāk
ipa: /bɹeɪk/
ipa: [bɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯k]
ipa: /bɹɛk/
enpr: brēk
ipa: /bɹiːk/
ipa: /brɛːk/
rhymes: -eɪk
homophone: brake
Forms: form: breaks
form: breaking
form: broke
form: brake
form: broken
form: broke
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: break
form: break
form: broke
form: break
form: breakest
form: broke
form: brokest
form: breaks
form: breaketh
form: broke
form: break
form: broke
form: break
form: broke
form: break
form: -
form: breaking
form: broken
Etymology: From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray.
Cognates
Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots brek (“to break”), West Frisian brekke (“to break”), Dutch breken (“to break”), Low German breken (“to break”), German brechen (“to break”), French broyer (“to crush, grind”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break, destroy”), Norwegian brek (“desire, yearning”).
Also cognate with Albanian brishtë (“fragile”), Latin frangō (“break, break up, shatter”, verb), whence English fracture and other terms – fragile, frail, fraction, and fragment.
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
Senses: examples: text: If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
text: In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
text: First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
ref: 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
examples: text: His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
text: He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
glosses: To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
examples: text: Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
text: The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
glosses: To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
examples: text: Her child’s death broke Angela.
text: Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
text: The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
text: If I had called, and had answered me, yet would I not beleeue that he had hearkened vnto my voice: For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 9:16–17:
text: An old man, broken with the storms of state,
Is come to lay his weary bones among ye;
Give him a little earth for charity
ref: 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
glosses: To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
examples: text: Colonel: See, gentlemen? Any horse could be broken.
ref: 2002, John Fusco, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron:
text: You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
glosses: To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
examples: text: My heart is breaking.
text: Two days later they transferred her to another prison to separate us. I broke. My life was gone, so I thought.
ref: 1986 February 1, Kathy Jo Elliott, “Solid As A Rock”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 5:
glosses: To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
examples: text: I’ve got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
text: to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one’s journey
text: I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
text: Go, release them, Ariel; / My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
examples: text: In July Alexander broke the run and went on tour, as was his custom. He believed in keeping in touch with provincial audiences and how wise he was!
ref: 1958, Walter Macqueen-Pope, St. James's: Theatre of Distinction, page 134:
text: After Camberwell he broke the play's season and brought it back in the autumn with a few revisions and a noticeably strengthened cast but without any special success.
ref: 1986, Kurt Gänzl, The British Musical Theatre: 1865-1914, page 610:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
To end the run of (a play).
examples: text: The recession broke some small businesses.
text: With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, / Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Seventh Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: To ruin financially.
examples: text: He that puts all upon adventures doth oftentimes break, and come to poverty.
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Riches”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
text: ‘I knew he was in some such low way—He broke did not he?’
ref: 1791-92, Jane Austen, ‘A Collection of Letters’, Juvenilia
glosses: To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
examples: text: With a few exceptions, stock prices tend to follow the overall market averages. When you have a market decline, therefore, many stocks share the same overall chart pattern. Prices break and go sideways for a period of time.
ref: 2008, George Angell, Small Stocks for Big Profits:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
examples: text: When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
text: He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
text: to break one’s word
text: Time travel would break the laws of physics.
text: Out, out Hyæna; theſe are thy wonted arts, [...] To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray,
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 48, lines 749–751:
glosses: To violate; to fail to adhere to.
examples: text: Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
glosses: To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
raw_tags: of a fever
examples: text: The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
glosses: To end.
raw_tags: of a spell of settled weather
examples: text: We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
text: Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
glosses: To begin or end.
raw_tags: of a storm
examples: text: Morning has broken.
text: The day broke crisp and clear.
text: The day begins to break, and night is fled.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
qualifier: dawn; day etc.; dawn; day etc.
glosses: To arrive.
raw_tags: of morning
examples: text: Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
text: I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
topics: games
gaming
glosses: To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
examples: text: On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
text: Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
glosses: To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
examples: text: Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
glosses: To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
raw_tags: in programming
examples: text: to break a seal
text: I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me
ref: 1992, “Rain When I Die”, performed by Alice in Chains:
glosses: To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
glosses: To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
glosses: To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
examples: text: The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
glosses: To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
examples: text: There are many places on the reef that break during the summer.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
glosses: To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
raw_tags: of a wave of water
examples: text: The Clouds are ſtill above; and, while I ſpeak, / A ſecond deluge o'er our head may break.
ref: 1717, John Dryden, “Book I. [The Gyants War.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 16:
text: And from the turf a fountain broke, / And gurgled at our feet.
ref: 1800, William Wordsworth, The Fountain:
glosses: To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
examples: text: Let's break for lunch.
glosses: To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
examples: text: He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
glosses: To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
examples: text: The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
text: I don’t know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
text: When news of their divorce broke...
text: Herman's Hermits version of 'I'm Into Something Good' topped the UK charts and also broke the band in the States.
ref: 2010, Jon Kutner, Spencer Leigh, 1,000 UK Number One Hits:
text: “If something breaks during the day, work hours up until the evening, we’ll cut in — if we’re in the middle of, let’s say, a magazine program or a podcast on tape or a re-air of the game,” Radovich said.
ref: 2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
glosses: To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
examples: text: Like the crash of thunderbolts…, the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, ….
ref: c. 1843, George Lippard, The Battle-Day of Germantown, reprinted in Washington and His Generals "1776", page 45 http://google.com/books?id=EM-qNjWrI9YC&pg=PA45&dq=%22sound+of+musquetry%22
glosses: To become audible suddenly.
raw_tags: of a sound
examples: text: His coughing broke the silence.
text: His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
text: With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
glosses: To change a steady state abruptly.
examples: text: As the last firing of the big guns begins to die down, the German light forces still fighting to the west begin to make their choices. Some break for the open sea; others run for the German-occupied coast; still others stand and die. A small group decide to strike their colors, in imitation of three of the larger German ships.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 26:02 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
glosses: To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
raw_tags: with for
examples: text: Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
text: The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
glosses: To suddenly become.
glosses: To become deeper at puberty.
raw_tags: of a male voice
examples: text: His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
glosses: To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
raw_tags: of a voice
examples: text: Conversely, as the emulsion breaks and the system returns to the original state, energy is released.
ref: 2004, J. L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, Encyclopedia of supramolecular chemistry, volume 2, page 1466:
text: When the droplets hit a solid wall the emulsion breaks instantly forming a bitumen on the wall and thus a layer up to 1 cm thick can be sprayed in one operation without requiring drying in between.
ref: 2006, Johan Sjöblom, Emulsions and emulsion stability, volume 22, page 400:
glosses: To de-emulsify.
raw_tags: of a sauce or emulsion
examples: text: He broke the men's 100-meter record.
text: I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
text: The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
glosses: To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
examples: text: He needs to break serve to win the match.
text: Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout.
ref: 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:
topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
examples: text: Is it your or my turn to break?
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
topics: backgammon
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To remove one of the two men on (a point).
examples: text: Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner in Egypt, was happy for the success of the work he had advocated for years. I grudged him this happiness; for McMahon, who took the actual risk of starting it, had been broken just before prosperity began.
ref: 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 167:
text: And he played no favorites: when his son-in-law sacked a city he had been told to spare, Genghis broke him to private.
ref: 1953 February 9, “Books: First Rulers of Asia”, in Time:
text: One morning after the budget had failed to balance Finanzminister von Scholz picked up Der Reichsanzeiger and found he had been broken to sergeant.
ref: 1968, William Manchester, The Arms of Krupp, Back Bay, published 2003, →ISBN, page 215:
text: Not long after this event, Clausen became involved in another disciplinary situation and was broken to private—the only one to win the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.
ref: 2006, Peter Collier, Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty, Second Edition, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 42:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: most often in the passive tense
glosses: To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
examples: text: The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
text: The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
text: I couldn’t hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
glosses: To end (a connection); to disconnect.
examples: text: The Baggies almost hit back instantly when Graham Dorrans broke from midfield and pulled the trigger from 15 yards but Paul Robinson did superbly to tip the Scot's drive around the post.
ref: 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To counter-attack.
examples: text: Katharine, break thy mind to me.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
examples: text: See how the dean begins to break; / Poor gentleman he droops apace.
ref: 1731, Verses on His Own Death, Jonathan Swift:
glosses: To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
examples: text: to break flax
glosses: To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
examples: text: when I see a great officer broke.
ref: January 11, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 24
glosses: To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
examples: text: to break into a run or gallop
glosses: To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
examples: c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, On Friendship
To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
glosses: To fall out; to terminate friendship.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
examples: text: zero-width non-breaking space
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
Synonyms: sense: ergative: separate into two or more pieces
word: burst
word: bust
word: shatter
word: shear
word: smash
word: split
word: bisect
sense: ergative: crack (bone)
word: crack
word: fracture
sense: transitive: turn an animal into a beast of burden
word: break in
word: subject
word: tame
sense: transitive: do that which is forbidden by
word: contravene
word: go against
word: violate
sense: intransitive: stop functioning
word: break down
word: fail
english: of a computer or computer network
translation: of a computer or computer network
word: go down
Hyponyms: sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break a leg
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break apart
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break a sweat
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break away
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break bad
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break bread
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break containment
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break down
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break even
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break ground
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break in
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break into
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break loose
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break new ground
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break off
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break one's ass
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break one's face
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break one's fast
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break one's neck
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break open
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break out
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break rank
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break someone's face
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break someone's heart
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break stride
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break the ice
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break through
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break up
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: break wind
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: horsebreaking
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: like breaking sticks
sense: Hyponyms of break (verb)
word: unbreak
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: a stick in a bundle cannot be broken
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: a twig in a bundle cannot be broken
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: back-breaking
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: bebreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakability
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakable
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a butterfly on a wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a butterfly on the wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a butterfly upon a wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a butterfly upon the wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a fly on a wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a fly on the wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a fly upon a wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a fly upon the wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakage
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a lance
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break and enter
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break and entry
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break a promise
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break ass
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakaway
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-ax
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakback
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break back
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakbeat
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakbone
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-bones
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break bulk
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break camp
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break character
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break cover
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakdance
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakdown
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break edge
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakee
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaker
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaker bar
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-even
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakface
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakfast
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break free
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break from
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakfront
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break gates
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-in
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking ball
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking capacity
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking change
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking news
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking point
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking strain
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breaking wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break into a run
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break it
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break it down
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break it to
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break luck
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakneck
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break no squares
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-off
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break on
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one off
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's arm patting oneself on the back
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's back
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's balls
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's chops
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's duck
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's fall
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's lance
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's maiden
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's neck
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's promise
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's stride
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break one's word
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break on the wheel
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakout
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-promise
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break ranks
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break reality
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break rigor
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break sheer
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break shins
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break silence
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break someone's back
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break someone's balls
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break squelch
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: breakstone
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the back of
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the bank
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the buck
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the cycle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the deadlock
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the fourth wall
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the internet
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the Internet
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the internets
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the interwebs
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the mold
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the mould
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the news
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the Sabbath
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the seal
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the silence
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the story
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the web
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break the wheel
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word: breakthrough
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word: breakthru
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word: break-up
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word: break upon the wheel
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word: break-upper
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word: break-vow
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word: break water
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word: breakwater
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word: break wedlock
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word: breakwind
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: break-wind
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word: break with
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word: break with tradition
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word: breaky
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: brickle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: brokeback
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: buck breaking
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word: forbreak
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word: gamebreaking
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word: ground-breaking
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word: halterbreak
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word: heart-breaking
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word: hedge-breaking
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word: horsebreaking
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word: housebreak
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word: icebreaker
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: inbreak
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word: make-and-break
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word: make-before-break
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: make-or-break
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: make or break
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: mold-breaking
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: mould-breaking
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: my condom broke
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: non-breaking
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: one cannot break a stick in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: one cannot break a twig in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: one cannot break sticks in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: one can't break a stick in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: one can't break a twig in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: one can't break sticks in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: outbreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: overbreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: prebreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: rebreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: rules are made to be broken
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: Sabbath-breaking
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: sticks and stones may break my bones
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: sticks in a bundle cannot be broken
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: sticks in a bundle can't be broken
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: stonebreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: strike-break
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: strikebreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: the straw that broke the camel's back
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: the stroke that broke the camel's back
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: tiebreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: tobreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: tulip-breaking virus
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: unbreakable
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: upbreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: windbreak
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you cannot break a stick in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you cannot break a twig in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you cannot break sticks in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you can't break a stick in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you can't break a twig in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you can't break sticks in a bundle
sense: Terms derived from break (verb)
word: you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs