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break | [in military] make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing | ||
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relegate, demote, break, bump, kick downstairs | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | ||
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break | change directions suddenly | ||
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break | cause to give up a habit | ||
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break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments | ||
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break, bust | ruin completely | ||
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break, interrupt | terminate or end | ||
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break | [in billiards] make the opening shot that scatters the balls | ||
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break | exchange for smaller units of money | ||
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violate, break, go against | fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | ||
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break | End a fast | ||
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pause, break, suspension, interruption, intermission | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | ||
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break | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another | ||
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break | render inoperable or ineffective | ||
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break, interruption | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | ||
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break, soften, dampen, weaken, damp | lessen in force or effect | ||
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break | be broken in | ||
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break | interrupt the flow of current in | ||
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break | separate from a clinch, in boxing | ||
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break, breach, severance, rupture, rift, falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | ||
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break, break of serve | [in tennis] a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving | ||
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wear out, break, wear, bust, fall apart | go to pieces | ||
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break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves | ||
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break | happen or take place | ||
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break, break dance, break-dance | do a break dance | ||
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break | crack; of the male voice in puberty | ||
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break, break away | interrupt a continued activity | ||
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break | change suddenly | ||
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interruption, disruption, break, gap | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | ||
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disclose, reveal, expose, discover, give away, break, let out, let on, divulge, bring out, unwrap, lay | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | ||
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break, violate, breach, transgress, offend, go against, infract | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | ||
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break | cause the failure or ruin of | ||
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collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically | ||
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break | come forth or begin from a state of latency | ||
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break | pierce or penetrate | ||
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break | emerge from the surface of a body of water | ||
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break, open frame | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare | ||
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pause, break, intermit | cease an action temporarily | ||
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break, fracture | fracture a bone of | ||
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break | fall sharply | ||
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break | diminish or discontinue abruptly | ||
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break | undergo breaking | ||
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fail, break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give way, give out | stop operating or functioning | ||
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break, fault, shift, fracture, faulting, geological fault | [in geology] a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | ||
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break up, break | destroy the completeness of a set of related items | ||
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break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking | an escape from jail | ||
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break, break in | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act | ||
V1 |
break, break out, break away | move away or escape suddenly | ||
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break, break off, snap off | break a piece from a whole | ||
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break up, split, separate, part, break, split up | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | ||
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break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) | ||
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break | invalidate by judicial action | ||
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break, good luck, happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck | ||
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break, develop, recrudesce | happen | ||
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crack, break, check | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | ||
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break | become punctured or penetrated | ||
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burst, break, erupt | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | ||
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break, fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone | ||
V2 |
break | find the solution or key to | ||
V2 |
break | give up | ||
V1 |
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart | become separated into pieces or fragments | ||
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break | weaken or destroy in spirit or body | ||
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break, better | surpass in excellence | ||
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respite, break, recess, time out | a pause from doing something (as work) | ||
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break | scatter or part | ||
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get around, break, get out | be released or become known; of news | ||
V2 |
bankrupt, break, smash, ruin | reduce to bankruptcy | ||
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break | the occurrence of breaking | ||
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break | come into being | ||
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break, break in | make submissive, obedient, or useful | ||
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break | vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity | ||
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break | a sudden dash | ||
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break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool | ||
V2 |
break, stop, break off, discontinue | prevent completion | ||
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break, breaking, breakage | the act of breaking something | ||
V2 |
break | find a flaw in |