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broken
adjective as in destroyed; made into pieces from a whole
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busted, collapsed, cracked, crumbled, crushed, damaged, defective, demolished, destroyed, fractured, fragmented, injured, mangled, mutilated, ruptured, severed, shattered, smashed, splintered
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burst, disintegrated, dismembered, pulverized, rent, riven, separated, shivered, shredded, slivered, split
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adjective as in discontinuous
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erratic, fragmentary, incomplete, intermittent, irregular, spasmodic, spastic
adjective as in mentally defeated
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browbeaten, defeated, demoralized, depressed, discouraged, disheartened, humbled, oppressed, overpowered, subdued, tamed, vanquished
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adjective as in not working
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coming unstuck, fallen apart, feeble, gone to pieces, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, inoperative, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, run down, screwed-up, unsatisfactory, weak
adjective as in forgotten, ignored (promise)
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abandoned, dishonored, disobeyed, disregarded, ignored, infringed, retracted, traduced, transgressed, violated
adjective as in stuttering in speech
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Example Sentences
Feeling like “a broken entity trapped in a kind of prison,” he finds peace by communing with the one person who can see him, Indian student and fellow lonely soul, Rosa.
But they are also the most visible taxes for the public, and their inclusion in the manifesto made them appear taboo, glass only to be broken in cases of emergency.
Klaus Multiparking, the manufacturer of the mechanical stacker, said investigations were ongoing but its understanding was that a broken chain caused the breakdown.
Clarke intervened and was heard on the stump mic using an obscenity when warning Anderson to "get ready" for a broken arm.
Bitcoin has broken below an important technical level, which could signal further downside for the cryptocurrency, according to Katie Stockton, founder and managing partner at Fairlead Strategies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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