Definition of Break

  • 1. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity Noun
  • 2. An unexpected piece of good luck Noun
  • 3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other Noun
  • 4. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) Noun
  • 5. A pause from doing something (as work) Noun
  • 6. The act of breaking something Noun
  • 7. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Noun
  • 8. Breaking of hard tissue such as bone Noun
  • 9. The occurrence of breaking Noun
  • 10. An abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) Noun
  • 11. The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool Noun
  • 12. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving Noun
  • 13. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity Noun
  • 14. A sudden dash Noun
  • 15. Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare Noun
  • 16. An escape from jail Noun
  • 17. Terminate Verb
  • 18. Become separated into pieces or fragments Verb
  • 19. Render inoperable or ineffective Verb
  • 20. Ruin completely Verb
  • 21. Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments Verb
  • 22. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises Verb
  • 23. Move away or escape suddenly Verb
  • 24. Scatter or part Verb
  • 25. Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up Verb
  • 26. Prevent completion Verb
  • 27. Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act Verb
  • 28. Make submissive, obedient, or useful Verb
  • 29. Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns Verb
  • 30. Surpass in excellence Verb
  • 31. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret Verb
  • 32. Come into being Verb
  • 33. Stop operating or functioning Verb
  • 34. Interrupt a continued activity Verb
  • 35. Make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing Verb
  • 36. Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves Verb
  • 37. Lessen in force or effect Verb
  • 38. Be broken in Verb
  • 39. Come to an end Verb
  • 40. Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity Verb
  • 41. Cause to give up a habit Verb
  • 42. Give up Verb
  • 43. Come forth or begin from a state of latency Verb
  • 44. Happen or take place Verb
  • 45. Cause the failure or ruin of Verb
  • 46. Invalidate by judicial action Verb
  • 47. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways Verb
  • 48. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank Verb
  • 49. Reduce to bankruptcy Verb
  • 50. Change directions suddenly Verb
  • 51. Emerge from the surface of a body of water Verb
  • 52. Break down, literally or metaphorically Verb
  • 53. Do a break dance Verb
  • 54. Exchange for smaller units of money Verb
  • 55. Destroy the completeness of a set of related items Verb
  • 56. Make the opening shot that scatters the balls Verb
  • 57. Separate from a clinch, in boxing Verb
  • 58. Go to pieces Verb
  • 59. Break a piece from a whole Verb
  • 60. Become punctured or penetrated Verb
  • 61. Pierce or penetrate Verb
  • 62. Be released or become known; of news Verb
  • 63. Cease an action temporarily Verb
  • 64. Interrupt the flow of current in Verb
  • 65. Undergo breaking Verb
  • 66. Find a flaw in Verb
  • 67. Find the solution or key to Verb
  • 68. Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another Verb
  • 69. Happen Verb
  • 70. Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only Verb
  • 71. Crack; of the male voice in puberty Verb
  • 72. Fall sharply Verb
  • 73. Fracture a bone of Verb
  • 74. Diminish or discontinue abruptly Verb
  • 75. Weaken or destroy in spirit or body Verb

Morphology of "break"

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Synonyms for word "break"

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Hyponims for word "break"