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
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