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| Main Entry: |
break
 [breyk] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash* |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken, cause instability |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bust, confound, confute, controvert, cow, cripple, declass, degrade, demerit, demoralize, demote, disconfirm, dispirit, disprove, downgrade, enervate, enfeeble, humiliate, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, pauperize, rebut, reduce, refute, ruin, subdue, tame, undermine |
| Antonyms: | stabilize, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop an action |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cut, discontinue, give up, interrupt, pause, rest, suspend |
| Antonyms: | allow, cause |
Example Sentences
- That's because a citation written in bibliography style is broken into little pieces by periods.
- Made up of long hydrocarbon chains, it can be broken down into a slew of useful substances and products.
- Weathering happens when rocks are broken into smaller pieces.
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell news |
| Synonyms: | announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better a performance |
| Synonyms: | beat, cap, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, surpass, top |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emerge, happen |
| Synonyms: | appear, befall, betide, burst out, chance, come forth, come off, come to pass, develop, erupt, go, occur, transpire |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bust out, clear out, cut and run, dash, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, get out |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cushion something's effect |
| Synonyms: | diminish, lessen, lighten, moderate, reduce, soften, weaken |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destroyed; made into pieces from a whole |
| Synonyms: | burst, busted, collapsed, cracked, crippled, crumbled, crushed, damaged, defective, demolished, disintegrated, dismembered, fractured, fragmentary, fragmented, hurt, in pieces, injured, mangled, mutilated, pulverized, rent, riven, ruptured, separated, severed, shattered, shivered, shredded, slivered, smashed, split |
| Antonyms: | complete, connected, fixed, ok, unbroken, whole |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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