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substantiv

1. (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity) interruption; break
2. (an unexpected piece of good luck) good luck; happy chance; break
3. ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other) fault; faulting; geological fault; shift; fracture; break
4. (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)) rupture; breach; severance; rift; falling out; break
5. (a pause from doing something (as work)) respite; recess; time out; break
6. (the act of breaking something) breakage; breaking; break
7. (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something) pause; intermission; interruption; suspension; break
8. (breaking of hard tissue such as bone) fracture; break
9. (the occurrence of breaking) break
10. (an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)) break
11. (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool) break
12. ((tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving) break of serve; break
13. (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity) interruption; disruption; gap; break
14. (a sudden dash) break
15. (any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare) open frame; break
16. (an escape from jail) breakout; jailbreak; gaolbreak; prisonbreak; prison-breaking; break

verb

1. (terminate) interrupt; break
2. (become separated into pieces or fragments) separate; split up; fall apart; come apart; break
3. (render inoperable or ineffective) break
4. (ruin completely) bust; break
5. (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments) break
6. (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises) transgress; offend; infract; violate; go against; breach; break
7. (move away or escape suddenly) break out; break away; break
8. (scatter or part) break
9. (force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up) burst; erupt; break
10. (prevent completion) break off; discontinue; stop; break
11. (enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act) break in; break
12. (make submissive, obedient, or useful) break in; break
13. (fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns) violate; go against; break
14. (surpass in excellence) better; break
15. (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret) unwrap; disclose; let on; bring out; reveal; discover; expose; divulge; give away; let out; uncover; break
16. (come into being) break
17. (stop operating or functioning) fail; go bad; give way; die; give out; conk out; go; break down; break
18. (interrupt a continued activity) break away; break
19. (make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing) break
20. (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves) break
21. (lessen in force or effect) dampen; damp; soften; weaken; break
22. (be broken in) break
23. (come to an end) break
24. (vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity) break
25. (cause to give up a habit) break
26. (give up) break
27. (come forth or begin from a state of latency) break
28. (happen or take place) break
29. (cause the failure or ruin of) break
30. (invalidate by judicial action) break
31. (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways) separate; part; split up; split; break up; break
32. (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank) demote; bump; relegate; kick downstairs; break
33. (reduce to bankruptcy) bankrupt; ruin; smash; break
34. (change directions suddenly) break
35. (emerge from the surface of a body of water) break
36. (break down, literally or metaphorically) collapse; fall in; cave in; give; give way; founder; break
37. (do a break dance) break dance; break-dance; break
38. (exchange for smaller units of money) break
39. (destroy the completeness of a set of related items) break up; break
40. (make the opening shot that scatters the balls) break
41. (separate from a clinch, in boxing) break
42. (go to pieces) wear; wear out; bust; fall apart; break
43. (break a piece from a whole) break off; snap off; break
44. (become punctured or penetrated) break
45. (pierce or penetrate) break
46. (be released or become known; of news) get out; get around; break
47. (cease an action temporarily) pause; intermit; break
48. (interrupt the flow of current in) break
49. (undergo breaking) break
50. (find a flaw in) break
51. (find the solution or key to) break
52. (change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another) break
53. (happen) recrudesce; develop; break
54. (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only) crack; check; break
55. (crack; of the male voice in puberty) break
56. (fall sharply) break
57. (fracture a bone of) fracture; break
58. (diminish or discontinue abruptly) break
59. (weaken or destroy in spirit or body) break