There is a term in nose surgery called “breaking the nose”. This is often used to refer to the fine surgical chisels that are used to make precise cuts in the nasal bones. The nasal bones make up the upper 1/3rd of the nose, and so if the bones do not have to be changed, then the nose does not need to be broken.
Other ways of changing the bones include using an ultrasonic cutting device or a small powered saw to make these cuts. In such cases, this may be described as avoiding the need to “break” the bones, but still accomplishing the same end goal of cutting the bone.