- past participle of break.
broken
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Another time, his canine partner led him hiking up a steep mountainside for two hours until they reached a man with a broken leg who was close to dying from hypothermia.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
It was dire, less from cold than from a broken supply system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Watson, who was able to keep up with the game on a doctor’s phone, said he was told he had broken a rib.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Vantara has never broken the law," Karani said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
She has broken my heart, and I don’t know how I’ll ever fix it.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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