| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | break, cessation, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, disruption, ending, gap, halt, interruption, pause, stay, stoppage, suspension |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fissure, opening |
| Synonyms: | breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture |
| Main Entry: | cleavage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
| Synonyms: | break, chasm, cleft, discontinuity, divide, division, fracture, hole, rift, schism, separation, severance, split, valley |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crevice |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split |
| Main Entry: | dislocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displacement |
| Synonyms: | break, confusion, disarray, disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation, misplacement, unhinging |
| Antonyms: | order, ordering |
| Main Entry: | fracture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, rupture |
| Synonyms: | breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fissure, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split, wound |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | hiatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, interruption |
| Synonyms: | aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, interval, lacuna, lapse, opening, rift, space |
| Antonyms: | continuation, continuity |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, hole |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, discontinuity, door, fissure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orifice, outlet, perforation, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window |
| Antonyms: | closing, closure, solid |