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break

noun · verb · 165 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: brāk
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [bɹweɪ̯k]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northumbria: /bɹɛk/
  • obsolete: brēk
  • obsolete: /bɹiːk/
  • Early, Modern: /brɛːk/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /bɹæɪk/
  • homophone: brake
  • rhymes with -eɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: B R EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: split

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The sun came out in a break in the clouds.
  • He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breach, gap, space, break, interlapse, interspace, interstice, interstitium, opening, separation, hole

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A rest or pause, usually from work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Let’s take a five-minute break.
  • be on break
  • get on break

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shift break, time-out, break, breather, cessation, demurral, gap, caesura, hiatus, halt, halting, interregnum, interruption, lapse, moratorium, pause, recess, respite, resting, stoppage, stopping, suspension

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A rest or pause, usually from work.

A time for students to talk or play between lessons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shift break, time-out, break, breather, cessation, demurral, gap, caesura, hiatus, halt, halting, interregnum, interruption, lapse, moratorium, pause, recess, respite, resting, stoppage, stopping, suspension, playtime

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A rest or pause, usually from work.

A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • winter break, spring break

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shift break, time-out, break, breather, cessation, demurral, gap, caesura, hiatus, halt, halting, interregnum, interruption, lapse, moratorium, pause, recess, respite, resting, stoppage, stopping, suspension

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A short holiday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a weekend break on the Isle of Wight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day off, time off, annual leave, break, getaway, holiday, leave, leave of absence, pause, recess, time away, vac, vacation, vaca, vacay

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A temporary split with a romantic partner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I think we need a break.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • big break
  • lucky break, bad break
  • them's the breaks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The beginning (of the morning).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • daybreak
  • at the break of day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crack of dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, first light, lauds, solrise, sparrow-fart, sun, sunlight, sunrise, sunrising, sunup

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

An act of escaping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to make a break for it; to make a break for the door
  • It was a clean break.
  • prison break

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

noun

Meaning 15

A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Ellipsis of breakpoint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A game won by the receiving player(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

The first shot in a game of billiards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

The counter-attack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games, golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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23

noun

Meaning 23

A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing

Examples

  • The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

The start of a horse race.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games, hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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26

noun

Meaning 26

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

noun

Meaning 27

Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

A sharp bit or snaffle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: equitation, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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29

noun

Meaning 29

A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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32

noun

Meaning 32

An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

noun

Meaning 33

An error.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

noun

Meaning 34

A crease or fold arising where the pants leg reaches the shoe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles

Examples

  • A full break or even multiple breaks is an older, more conservative style, as modern pants often end well above the shoe, so there is no break.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

noun

Meaning 35

A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ergative, intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
  • In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ergative, intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
  • He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
  • The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Her child’s death broke Angela.
  • Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
  • The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • My heart is breaking.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I’ve got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
  • to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one’s journey
  • I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

To end the run of (a play).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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44

verb

Meaning 44

To ruin financially.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The recession broke some small businesses.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

verb

Meaning 45

To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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46

verb

Meaning 46

Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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47

verb

Meaning 47

To violate; to fail to adhere to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
  • He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
  • to break one’s word
  • Time travel would break the laws of physics.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

verb

Meaning 48

To end a fever.

To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

verb

Meaning 49

To end a fever.

To successfully treat or resist (a fever).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The treatment broke my fever.
  • Carl broke his fever this morning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

verb

Meaning 50

To end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

verb

Meaning 51

To begin or end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
  • Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.

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Synonyms: none provided

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52

verb

Meaning 52

To arrive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: dawn; day etc.; dawn; day etc.

Examples

  • Morning has broken.
  • The day broke crisp and clear.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

verb

Meaning 53

To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

Topics: games, gaming

Examples

  • Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
  • I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

verb

Meaning 54

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
  • Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

verb

Meaning 55

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, specifically, transitive

Examples

  • Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

56

verb

Meaning 56

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to break a seal

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

verb

Meaning 57

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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58

verb

Meaning 58

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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59

verb

Meaning 59

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

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Synonyms: none provided

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60

verb

Meaning 60

To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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61

verb

Meaning 61

To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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62

verb

Meaning 62

To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Let's break for lunch.

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Synonyms: none provided

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63

verb

Meaning 63

To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

64

verb

Meaning 64

To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ergative, transitive

Examples

  • The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
  • I don’t know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
  • When news of their divorce broke...

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Synonyms: none provided

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65

verb

Meaning 65

To become audible suddenly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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66

verb

Meaning 66

To change a steady state abruptly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • His coughing broke the silence.
  • His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
  • With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.

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Synonyms: none provided

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67

verb

Meaning 67

To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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68

verb

Meaning 68

To suddenly become.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: copulative, informal

Examples

  • Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
  • The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.

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Synonyms: none provided

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69

verb

Meaning 69

To become deeper at puberty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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70

verb

Meaning 70

To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • His voice breaks when he gets emotional.

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Synonyms: none provided

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71

verb

Meaning 71

To lose a texture.

To de-emulsify.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Examples

  • If you cook it too long, coconut milk will break.
  • A microwave will create hot spots that can break the sauce.

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72

verb

Meaning 72

To lose a texture.

To become overwhipped and thus lose its texture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive, usually

Qualifier: egg whites

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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73

verb

Meaning 73

To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He broke the men's 100-meter record.
  • I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
  • The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

74

verb

Meaning 74

To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

Examples

  • He needs to break serve to win the match.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

75

verb

Meaning 75

To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports

Examples

  • Is it your or my turn to break?

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

76

verb

Meaning 76

To remove one of the two men on (a point).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: backgammon, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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77

verb

Meaning 77

To demote; to reduce the military rank of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: most often in the passive tense

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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78

verb

Meaning 78

To end (a connection); to disconnect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
  • The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
  • I couldn’t hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

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Synonyms: none provided

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79

verb

Meaning 79

To counter-attack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

80

verb

Meaning 80

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

81

verb

Meaning 81

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

82

verb

Meaning 82

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to break flax

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

83

verb

Meaning 83

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

84

verb

Meaning 84

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • to break into a run or gallop

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

85

verb

Meaning 85

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, intransitive

Examples

  • c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, On Friendship To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

86

verb

Meaning 86

To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

87

verb

Meaning 87

To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

88

verb

Meaning 88

To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • zero-width non-breaking space

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

89

verb

Meaning 89

To B-boy; to breakdance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

90

verb

Meaning 90

To brake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Qualifier: mainly historical or a misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

91

noun

Meaning 91

an escape from jail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the breakout was carefully planned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: escape, flight

92

noun

Meaning 92

any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the break in the eighth frame cost him the match

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: open frame

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: score

93

noun

Meaning 93

a sudden dash

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he made a break for the open door

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dash, sprint

Narrower terms: fast break

94

noun

Meaning 94

the act of breaking something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the breakage was unavoidable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breakage, breaking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change of integrity

Narrower terms: rupture, smashing, shattering, fracture, crack, cracking, chip, chipping, splintering

95

noun

Meaning 95

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was presented without commercial breaks
  • there was a gap in his account

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interruption, disruption, gap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: delay, holdup

Narrower terms: cut-in, insert, interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation, breaking off, abruption, heckling, barracking

96

noun

Meaning 96

(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was up two breaks in the second set

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break of serve

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: score

97

noun

Meaning 97

the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stroke, shot

98

noun

Meaning 98

a pause from doing something (as work)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we took a 10-minute break
  • he took time out to recuperate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: respite, recess, time out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pause

Narrower terms: spring break

99

noun

Meaning 99

an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • then there was a break in her voice

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alteration, modification

100

noun

Meaning 100

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they hoped to avoid a break in relations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rupture, breach, severance, rift, falling out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separation, breakup, detachment

Narrower terms: schism

101

noun

Meaning 101

an unexpected piece of good luck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he finally got his big break

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good luck, happy chance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event

102

noun

Meaning 102

the occurrence of breaking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the break in the dam threatened the valley

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separation, breakup, detachment

Narrower terms: snap

103

noun

Meaning 103

some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the telephone is an annoying interruption
  • there was a break in the action when a player was hurt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interruption

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

Narrower terms: dislocation, disruption, punctuation, suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement, eclipse, occultation

104

noun

Meaning 104

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they built it right over a geological fault
  • he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure

Narrower terms: inclined fault, strike-slip fault, Denali Fault, San Andreas Fault

105

noun

Meaning 105

breaking of hard tissue such as bone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was a nasty fracture
  • the break seems to have been caused by a fall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fracture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: injury, hurt, harm, trauma

Narrower terms: comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, open fracture, compression fracture, depressed fracture, displaced fracture, fatigue fracture, stress fracture, hairline fracture, capillary fracture, incomplete fracture, impacted fracture, simple fracture, closed fracture

106

noun

Meaning 106

a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pause, intermission, interruption, suspension

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time interval, interval

Narrower terms: lapse, blackout, caesura, dead air, delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait, halftime, respite, rest, relief, rest period, time-out, letup, lull

107

verb

Meaning 107

weaken or destroy in spirit or body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His resistance was broken
  • a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weaken

108

verb

Meaning 108

diminish or discontinue abruptly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The patient's fever broke last night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

109

verb

Meaning 109

fracture a bone of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I broke my foot while playing hockey

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fracture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: injure, wound

110

verb

Meaning 110

fall sharply

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stock prices broke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

111

verb

Meaning 111

make submissive, obedient, or useful

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The horse was tough to break
  • I broke in the new intern

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame

112

verb

Meaning 112

be broken in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

113

verb

Meaning 113

crack; of the male voice in puberty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change state, turn

114

verb

Meaning 114

render inoperable or ineffective

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: damage

115

verb

Meaning 115

become separated into pieces or fragments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The figurine broke
  • The freshly baked loaf fell apart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change integrity

Narrower terms: burst, split, break open, puncture, bust, smash, ladder, run, snap, crack, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise, crush

116

verb

Meaning 116

destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He broke the glass plate
  • She broke the match

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate, divide

Narrower terms: shatter, fracture, break in, smash, dash

117

verb

Meaning 117

become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The glass cracked when it was heated

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crack, check

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: crack

118

verb

Meaning 118

happen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Report the news as it develops
  • These political movements recrudesce from time to time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recrudesce, develop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

119

verb

Meaning 119

prevent completion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stop the project
  • break off the negotiations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break off, discontinue, stop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, terminate

Narrower terms: fracture, bog down, bog, interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off

120

verb

Meaning 120

terminate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She interrupted her pregnancy
  • break a lucky streak
  • break the cycle of poverty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interrupt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, terminate

Narrower terms: hold on, stop, cut short, break short, break off, freeze, suspend

121

verb

Meaning 121

lessen in force or effect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • soften a shock
  • break a fall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dampen, damp, soften, weaken

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deaden, blunt

Narrower terms: deafen, dampen, deaden, damp

122

verb

Meaning 122

stop operating or functioning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The engine finally went
  • The car died on the road
  • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
  • The coffee maker broke
  • The engine failed on the way to town
  • her eyesight went after the accident

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: crash, go down, blow out, burn out, blow, misfire, malfunction, misfunction

123

verb

Meaning 123

change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: switch, shift, change

124

verb

Meaning 124

come into being

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light broke over the horizon
  • Voices broke in the air

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: become, go, get

125

verb

Meaning 125

find the solution or key to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • break the code

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work

126

verb

Meaning 126

find a flaw in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • break an alibi
  • break down a proof

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: destroy, ruin

127

verb

Meaning 127

undergo breaking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diphthongize, diphthongise

128

verb

Meaning 128

interrupt the flow of current in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • break a circuit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off

129

verb

Meaning 129

cease an action temporarily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We pause for station identification
  • let's break for lunch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pause, intermit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off

Narrower terms: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather, take five, take ten

130

verb

Meaning 130

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is
  • bring out the truth
  • he broke the news to her
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, give away, let out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tell

Narrower terms: blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal

131

verb

Meaning 131

be released or become known; of news

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • News of her death broke in the morning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get out, get around

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: leak, leak out

132

verb

Meaning 132

surpass in excellence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She bettered her own record
  • break a record

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: better

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

133

verb

Meaning 133

pierce or penetrate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The blade broke her skin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: penetrate, perforate

134

verb

Meaning 134

become punctured or penetrated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The skin broke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

135

verb

Meaning 135

break a piece from a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • break a branch from a tree

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break off, snap off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: detach

136

verb

Meaning 136

go to pieces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The lawn mower finally broke
  • The gears wore out
  • The old chair finally fell apart completely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wear, wear out, bust, fall apart

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decay, crumble, dilapidate

Narrower terms: fray, frazzle

137

verb

Meaning 137

ruin completely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He busted my radio!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bust

Antonyms: repair

Broader terms: destroy, ruin

Narrower terms: break down

138

verb

Meaning 138

separate from a clinch, in boxing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The referee broke the boxers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate, disunite, divide, part

139

verb

Meaning 139

make the opening shot that scatters the balls

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shoot

140

verb

Meaning 140

destroy the completeness of a set of related items

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The book dealer would not break the set

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

141

verb

Meaning 141

exchange for smaller units of money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, exchange, commute, convert

142

verb

Meaning 142

force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • break into tears
  • erupt in anger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burst, erupt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express emotion, express feelings

143

verb

Meaning 143

do a break dance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Kids were break-dancing at the street corner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break dance, break-dance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

144

verb

Meaning 144

curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The surf broke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder

145

verb

Meaning 145

break down, literally or metaphorically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The wall collapsed
  • The business collapsed
  • The dam broke
  • The roof collapsed
  • The wall gave in
  • The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, founder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: implode, go off, buckle, crumple, flop, break, slump, slide down, sink

146

verb

Meaning 146

emerge from the surface of a body of water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The whales broke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: appear

147

verb

Meaning 147

scatter or part

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The clouds broke after the heavy downpour

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

148

verb

Meaning 148

make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The ranks broke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flee, fly, take flight

149

verb

Meaning 149

move away or escape suddenly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The horses broke from the stable
  • Three inmates broke jail
  • Nobody can break out--this prison is high security

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break out, break away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: escape, get away, break loose

150

verb

Meaning 150

change directions suddenly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: switch, shift, change

151

verb

Meaning 151

reduce to bankruptcy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
  • The slump in the financial markets smashed him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bankrupt, ruin, smash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: impoverish

152

verb

Meaning 152

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was demoted because she always speaks up
  • He was broken down to Sergeant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demote, bump, relegate, kick downstairs

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: delegate, designate, depute, assign

Narrower terms: sideline, reduce

153

verb

Meaning 153

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The business partners broke over a tax question
  • The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
  • My friend and I split up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: separate, part, split up, split, break up

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate, disunify, break apart, disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint, break with, split up, secede, splinter, break away, break

154

verb

Meaning 154

invalidate by judicial action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The will was broken

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify

155

verb

Meaning 155

interrupt a continued activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She had broken with the traditional patterns

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break away

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

156

verb

Meaning 156

cause the failure or ruin of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage
  • This play will either make or break the playwright

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: make

Broader terms: ruin

157

verb

Meaning 157

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • offend all laws of humanity
  • violate the basic laws or human civilization
  • break a law
  • break a promise

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach

Antonyms: keep

Broader terms: disrespect

Narrower terms: sin, transgress, trespass, drop the ball, blunder, boob, goof, conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene, intrude

158

verb

Meaning 158

enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Someone broke in while I was on vacation
  • They broke into my car and stole my radio!
  • who broke into my account last night?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: break in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trespass, intrude

Narrower terms: crack

159

verb

Meaning 159

happen or take place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

160

verb

Meaning 160

come forth or begin from a state of latency

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The first winter storm broke over New York

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: come forth, emerge

161

verb

Meaning 161

fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This sentence violates the rules of syntax

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: violate, go against

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of

162

verb

Meaning 162

give up

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • break cigarette smoking

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

163

verb

Meaning 163

cause to give up a habit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

164

verb

Meaning 164

vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The flat plain was broken by tall mesas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, vary

165

verb

Meaning 165

come to an end

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The heat wave finally broke yesterday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray. Cognates Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots brek (“to break”), West Frisian brekke (“to break”), Dutch breken (“to break”), Low German breken (“to break”), German brechen (“to break”), French broyer (“to crush, grind”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break, destroy”), Norwegian brek (“desire, yearning”). Also cognate with Albanian brishtë (“fragile”), Latin frangō (“break, break up, shatter”, verb), whence English fracture and other terms – fragile, frail, fraction, and fragment. The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.

Etymology tree English break Middle English doun English down English break downdeverb. English breakdownclip. English break Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing.

Across languages

Translations

1057 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: счу́пване (sčúpvane) — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Danish: brud — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Finnish: murtuma — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Finnish: murtaminen — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Finnish: särkeminen — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Finnish: särkyminen — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Finnish: rikkominen — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Finnish: rikkoutuminen — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • French: casse — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Galician: crebadura — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Galician: quebradura — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • German: Bruch — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Hebrew: שְׁבִירָה (sh'virá) — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Latvian: lūšana — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Manx: brishey — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brudd — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Portuguese: quebra — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Romanian: întrerupere — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Romanian: rupere — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Romanian: ruptură — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Romanian: fractură — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Slovak: lom — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Slovak: zlom — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Slovak: zlomenina — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Spanish: ruptura — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Swedish: brott — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Welsh: toriad — instance of breaking something into pieces
  • Bulgarian: цепнатина́ (cepnatiná) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Bulgarian: пукнатина́ (puknatiná) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Danish: åbning — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Danish: hul — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Finnish: aukko — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • French: espace — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • French: ouverture — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • German: Öffnung — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • German: Spalt — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Japanese: 割れ目 (wareme) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Japanese: 隙間 (sukima) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Latvian: lūzums — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hull — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Portuguese: fenda — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Portuguese: fresta — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Romanian: crăpătură — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Romanian: spațiu (gol) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Romanian: deschidere — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Romanian: spărtură — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Russian: разло́м (razlóm) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Slovak: medzera — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Tagalog: pugto — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Ottoman Turkish: فرج (ferc) — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Welsh: toriad — physical space that opens up in something or between two things
  • Finnish: tauko — music: short section of music in which some performers stop
  • Hungarian: kiállás — music: short section of music in which some performers stop
  • Slovak: pomlčka — music: short section of music in which some performers stop
  • Slovak: pauza — music: short section of music in which some performers stop
  • Afrikaans: breuk — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Arabic: اِسْتِرَاحَة (istirāḥa) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Armenian: ընդմիջում (əndmiǰum) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Azerbaijani: fasilə — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Belarusian: перапы́нак (pjerapýnak) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Belarusian: прэ́рва (prérva) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Bulgarian: па́уза (páuza) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Bulgarian: междуча́сие (meždučásie) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 休息 (xiūxí) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Czech: přestávka — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Czech: pauza — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Danish: pause — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Esperanto: paŭzo — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Finnish: tauko — rest or pause, usually from work
  • French: pause — rest or pause, usually from work
  • German: Pause — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Greek: διάλειμμα (diáleimma) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνάπαυσις (anápausis) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Hungarian: szünet — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Irish: sos — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Italian: pausa — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Italian: sosta — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Japanese: 休憩 (kyūkei) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Khmer: ល្ហែ (lhae) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Korean: 휴게 (hyuge) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Latvian: pārtraukums — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Lithuanian: pertrauka — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Lithuanian: pauzė — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Polish: przerwa — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Portuguese: pausa — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Romanian: pauză — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Russian: переры́в (pererýv) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Slovak: prestávka — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Slovene: odmor — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Spanish: asueto — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Spanish: quiete — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Swedish: avbrott — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Swedish: rast — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Swedish: paus — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Tagalog: tayong — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Turkish: ara — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Ukrainian: пере́рва (perérva) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Urdu: وقفہ (waqfa) — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Uzbek: tanaffus — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Vietnamese: nghỉ — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Vietnamese: giải lao — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Welsh: toriad — rest or pause, usually from work
  • Danish: afbrud — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • Finnish: tauko — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • French: pause — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • German: Beziehungspause — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avbrekk — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • Portuguese: tempo — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • Slovak: prestávka — temporary split in romantic relationship
  • Danish: pause — interval between two parts of performance
  • Finnish: väliaika — interval between two parts of performance
  • Finnish: tauko — interval between two parts of performance
  • French: entracte — interval between two parts of performance
  • German: Unterbrechung — interval between two parts of performance
  • German: Pause — interval between two parts of performance
  • Malayalam: ഇടവേള (iṭavēḷa) — interval between two parts of performance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pause — interval between two parts of performance
  • Tamil: இடைவெளி (iṭaiveḷi) — interval between two parts of performance
  • Welsh: toriad — interval between two parts of performance
  • Finnish: murros — significant change in circumstance
  • Finnish: käänne — significant change in circumstance
  • German: Wechsel — significant change in circumstance
  • German: Umbruch — significant change in circumstance
  • German: Bruch — significant change in circumstance
  • Russian: поворо́т (povorót) — significant change in circumstance
  • Slovak: zlom — significant change in circumstance
  • Slovak: zmena — significant change in circumstance
  • Finnish: käänne — change in weather
  • French: changement — change in weather
  • German: Umschwung — change in weather
  • Finnish: aamunkoitto — beginning of morning
  • Finnish: aamunkoite — beginning of morning
  • French: aube — beginning of morning
  • German: Anbruch — beginning of morning
  • Slovak: úsvit — beginning of morning
  • Slovak: svitanie — beginning of morning
  • Slovak: začiatok — beginning of morning
  • Catalan: escapada — act of escaping
  • Finnish: pako — act of escaping
  • French: évasion — act of escaping
  • German: Ausbruch — act of escaping
  • Polish: ucieczka — act of escaping
  • Portuguese: fuga — act of escaping
  • Russian: побе́г (pobég) — act of escaping
  • Slovak: útek — act of escaping
  • Bulgarian: прибо́й (pribój) — surfing: place where waves break
  • Māori: puapua — surfing: place where waves break
  • Māori: tūātea — surfing: place where waves break
  • Bulgarian: про́бив (próbiv) — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Danish: break — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Finnish: syötönmurto — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • German: Break — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Japanese: ブレーク (burēku) — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Norwegian Bokmål: break — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Polish: przełamanie — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Swedish: break — tennis: game won by receiving party
  • Bulgarian: разби́ване (razbívane) — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • Catalan: entrada — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • Finnish: aloituslyönti — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • German: Eröffnungsstoß — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • German: Anstoß — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • Japanese: ブレーク (burēku) — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • Russian: разбо́й (razbój) — billiards, snooker: first shot
  • Turkish: seri — snooker: number of points in one visit
  • Catalan: escapada — soccer: counter-attack
  • Danish: kontra — soccer: counter-attack
  • Finnish: vastahyökkäys — soccer: counter-attack
  • German: Gegenangriff — soccer: counter-attack
  • German: Konter — soccer: counter-attack
  • German: Gegenstoß — soccer: counter-attack
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjenvinning — soccer: counter-attack
  • Italian: passaggio — music: a transition area between a singer’s vocal registers
  • Afrikaans: breek — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Albanian: prish thyej — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Arabic: اِنْكَسَرَ (inkasara) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Arabic: اِنْكَسَرَ (inkásar) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Armenian: ջարդվել (ǰardvel) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Armenian: կոտրվել (kotrvel) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Aromanian: arup — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Aromanian: frãngu — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Aromanian: aspargu — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Assamese: ভাঙা (bhaṅa) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Assamese: ভঙা (bhoṅa) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Azerbaijani: sınmaq — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Azerbaijani: qırılmaq — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: һыныу (hınıw) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: ярылыу (yarılıw) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: ватылыу (vatılıw) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: емерелеү (yemerelew) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bakhtiari: اشکندن (eškanden) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Basque: puskatu — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Basque: hautsi — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Basque: apurtu — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: лама́цца (lamácca) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: злама́цца (zlamácca) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: разбіва́цца (razbivácca) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: разбі́цца (razbícca) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bhojpuri: तूड़ल (tūṛal) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bulgarian: чу́пя се (čúpja se) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Catalan: trencar-se — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Catalan: rompre's — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打破 (dǎpò) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Maore Comorian: ufusiha — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Maore Comorian: upasuha — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uvundziha — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Cornish: krackya — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Czech: rozbít se — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Czech: zlomit se — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Danish: gå i stykker — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Danish: gå itu — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Dutch: breken — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Middle Dutch: breken — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Esperanto: rompi — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Esperanto: rompiĝi — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Estonian: murduma — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: särkyä — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: mennä rikki — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: hajota — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: murtua — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • French: se rompre — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • French: se casser — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • French: se briser — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • North Frisian: breeg — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • North Frisian: breek — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • North Frisian: breege — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Old Frisian: breka — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • West-Frisian: brekke — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Galician: romper — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Georgian: ტყდომა (ṭq̇doma) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Georgian: მტვრევა (mṭvreva) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • German: zerbrechen — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • German: kaputtgehen — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • German: brechen — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Old High German: brehhan — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Greek: σπάω (spáo) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Greek: χαλάω (chaláo) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ancient Greek: ῥήγνυμαι (rhḗgnumai) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hebrew: נשבר (nishbár) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hindi: अंतराल (antrāl) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: törik — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: eltörik — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: összetörik — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: szakad — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: elszakad — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Icelandic: brotna — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ido: ruptar — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Indonesian: patah — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ingrian: taittua — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ingrian: kateta — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Irish: bris — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Italian: rompersi — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Italian: spezzarsi — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Jamaican Creole: mash up — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Japanese: 割れる (wareru) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Japanese: 散らばる (chirabaru) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Kazakh: сындыру (syndyru) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Kazakh: сыну (synu) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Khmer: បាក់ (bak) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Khmer: បែក (baek) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Korean: 부러지다 (bureojida) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Kyrgyz: сындыруу (sındıruu) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Kyrgyz: сынуу (sınuu) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latgalian: lyuzt — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latin: cōnfringō — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latin: frangō — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latin: rumpō — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latvian: salūzt — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latvian: lūzt — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Lithuanian: sulaužyti — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Low German: breken — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Low German: briäken — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Macedonian: ломи (lomi) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Maltese: nkiser — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Middle English: breken — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Middle English: chynen — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Mongo: buna — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Mongolian: хагарах (xagarax) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Odia: ଭାଙ୍ଗିବା (bhāṅgibā) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Old English: brecan — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Old Saxon: brekan — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Persian: خرد کردن (xord kardan) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Persian: شکستن (šekastan) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: łamać się — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: złamać się — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: rozbić się — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: połamać się — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Portuguese: quebrar — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Portuguese: partir — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Portuguese: romper — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Quechua: p'akiy — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: лома́ться (lomátʹsja) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: слома́ться (slomátʹsja) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: разбива́ться (razbivátʹsja) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: разби́ться (razbítʹsja) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovak: rozbiť sa — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovak: zlomiť sa — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovene: zlomiti se — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovene: razbiti se — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Southern Altai: сындырар (sïndïrar) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Southern Altai: сынар (sïnar) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Spanish: romperse — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Sranan Tongo: broko — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Sundanese: pites — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Swedish: gå sönder — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Tagalog: mabasag — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Telugu: విరుచు (virucu) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Telugu: విరగగొట్టు (viragagoṭṭu) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Thai: แตก (dtɛ̀ɛk) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Thai: พัง (pang) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Thai: หัก (hàk) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Tok Pisin: bruk — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Turkish: kırılmak — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Turkish: kırmak — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ukrainian: ламати (lamaty) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ukrainian: зламати (zlamaty) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Vietnamese: bị bể — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Welsh: torri — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Yiddish: צעברעכן (tsebrekhn) — intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Albanian: thyen — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Amharic: ሰበረ (säbärä) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Arabic: كَسَرَ (kasara) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Arabic: كسر (kasar) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Arabic: كسر (kásar) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Argobba: ሰበራ (sabarā) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Armenian: ջարդել (ǰardel) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Armenian: կոտրել (kotrel) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Armenian: կոտրատել (kotratel) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Aromanian: arup — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Aromanian: frãngu — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Aromanian: crep — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Assamese: ভাঙা (bhaṅa) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Assamese: ভঙা (bhoṅa) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Asturian: frañer — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Azerbaijani: qırmaq — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Azerbaijani: sındırmaq — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: һындырыу (hındırıw) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: ярыу (yarıw) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: ватыу (vatıw) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bashkir: емереү (yemerew) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Basque: puskatu — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: лама́ць (lamácʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: злама́ць (zlamácʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: разбіва́ць (razbivácʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Belarusian: разбі́ць (razbícʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Bulgarian: чу́пя (čúpja) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Catalan: trencar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Catalan: rompre — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏍᎦ (asqualisga) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎦᎳᏍᎦ (agalasga) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打破 (dǎpò) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uvundza — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ngazidja Comorian: huungua — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ngazidja Comorian: upasua — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Cornish: krackya — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Czech: rozbít — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Czech: zlomit — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Danish: sønderslå — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Danish: ødelægge — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Danish: smadre — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Danish: knuse — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Dutch: breken — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Egyptian: s-D:Z9 (sḏ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Esperanto: rompi — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Estonian: murdma — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Extremaduran: rompel — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Extremaduran: brital — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: murtaa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: rikkoa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: särkeä — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: taittaa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: hajottaa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Finnish: pirstoa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • French: rompre — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • French: casser — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • French: briser — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Friulian: rompi — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Friulian: crevâ — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Friulian: franzi — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Friulian: frangi — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Galician: crebar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Galician: quebrar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ge'ez: ሰበረ (säbärä) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Georgian: ტყდომა (ṭq̇doma) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Georgian: მსხვრევა (msxvreva) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • German: brechen — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • German: zerbrechen — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Greek: σπάζω (spázo) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ancient Greek: ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hamer-Banna: aisá — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hebrew: שָׁבַר (shavár) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hindi: टूटना (ṭūṭnā) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: tör — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: eltör — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: összetör — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: szakít — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Hungarian: elszakít — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Indonesian: mematahkan — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Indonesian: memutuskan — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ingrian: taittaa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Irish: bris — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Italian: rompere — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Italian: spezzare — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Japanese: 割る (waru) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Japanese: 壊す (kowasu) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Japanese: 砕く (kudaku) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Javanese: nugel — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Old Javanese: tugĕl — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Kazakh: сындыру (syndyru) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Khmer: បែក (baek) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Korean: 깨트리다 (kkaeteurida) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Korean: 부러뜨리다 (bureotteurida) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Korean: 부수다 (busuda) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Central Kurdish: شکاندن (şkandin) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Kyrgyz: сындыруу (sındıruu) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latgalian: salauzt — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latgalian: salauzeit — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latin: cōnfringō — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latin: frangō — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latin: rumpō — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latvian: salauzt — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Latvian: lauzt — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Lithuanian: sulaužyti — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Lombard: romp — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Macedonian: кр́ши (kŕši) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Maltese: kiser — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Mauritian Creole: kase — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Mongolian: хагалах (xagalax) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Neapolitan: rompe — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Norman: rompre — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Occitan: fragar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Occitan: esberlar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Occitan: quebrar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Occitan: trencar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Old English: ofbrecan — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ossetian: сӕттын (sættyn) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Persian: شکستن (šekastan) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polabian: lümĕt — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polabian: vėzlümĕt — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: łamać — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: złamać — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Polish: rozbijać — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Portuguese: quebrar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Portuguese: partir — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Portuguese: romper — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Quechua: llik'iy — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Quechua: pakii — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Romanian: rupe — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Romanian: frânge — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Romanian: sfărâma — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Romanian: crăpa — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Romansh: rumper — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Romansh: romper — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: разбива́ть (razbivátʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: разби́ть (razbítʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: лома́ть (lomátʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Russian: слома́ть (slomátʹ) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Northern Sami: biđget — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Sanskrit: भनक्ति (bhanakti) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Serbo-Croatian: lomiti — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Serbo-Croatian: ломити — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Sinhalese: කඩනවා (kaḍanawā) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovak: rozbiť — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovak: zlomiť — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovene: zlomiti — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Slovene: razbiti — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Somali: jabid — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Upper Sorbian: łamać — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Upper Sorbian: złamać — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Spanish: romper — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Spanish: quebrar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Spanish: escrachar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Spanish: esñocar — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Sranan Tongo: broko — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Sundanese: mites — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Swedish: bryta — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Swedish: ta isär — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Swedish: ha isär — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Swedish: slå sönder — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Tagalog: basagin — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Tajik: шикастан (šikastan) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Tatar: сындырырга (sındırırğa) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Thai: หัก (hàk) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Tok Pisin: brukim — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Turkish: kırmak — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق (kırmak) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Turkmen: gyrmak — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Turkmen: dövmek — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎁𐎗 (ṯbr) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ukrainian: розбива́ти (rozbyváty) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ukrainian: розби́ти (rozbýty) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ukrainian: лама́ти (lamáty) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Ukrainian: злама́ти (zlamáty) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Urdu: ٹوٹنا (ṭūṭnā) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Uzbek: sindirmoq — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Uzbek: buzmoq — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Vietnamese: làm bể — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Welsh: torri — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Yiddish: צעברעכן (tsebrekhn) — transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • Albanian: thyej — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Armenian: ջարդվել (ǰardvel) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Armenian: կոտրվել (kotrvel) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Azerbaijani: sınmaq — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Bulgarian: чупя се (čupja se) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Chinese Mandarin: 折 (zhé) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨折 (gǔzhé) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Czech: zlomit si — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Danish: brække — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Dutch: breken — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Esperanto: panei — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Finnish: murtua — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • French: se casser — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • French: se fracturer — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • German: brechen — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Hebrew: נשבר (nishbár) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Hungarian: eltörik — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Icelandic: brotna — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Irish: bris — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Italian: rompere — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Italian: fratturare — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Japanese: ひびが入る (hibi ga hairu) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Japanese: 折れる (oreru) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Korean: 부러지다 (bureojida) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Latvian: salūzt — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Latvian: lūzt — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Māori: whati — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Polish: złamać się — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Portuguese: quebrar — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Portuguese: partir — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Russian: лома́ться (lomátʹsja) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Russian: слома́ться (slomátʹsja) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Serbo-Croatian: slomiti — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Slovak: zlomiť sa — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Slovene: zlomiti se — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Spanish: romper — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Spanish: quebrar — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Swedish: brytas — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Tagalog: mabali — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Thai: หัก (hàk) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Thai: ร้าว (ráao) — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Tok Pisin: bruk — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Welsh: torri — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Welsh: ymdorri — intransitive, of a bone: to crack
  • Armenian: ջարդել (ǰardel) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Armenian: կոտրել (kotrel) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Azerbaijani: sındırmaq — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Bulgarian: чу́пя (čúpja) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Danish: brække — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Dutch: breken — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Finnish: murtaa — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Finnish: murskata — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Finnish: katkaista — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • French: casser — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • French: fracturer — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Galician: crebar — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Galician: quebrar — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • German: brechen — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Hebrew: שבר (shavár) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Hungarian: eltör — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Icelandic: brjóta — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Irish: bris — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Italian: fratturare — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Japanese: ひびが入る (hibi ga hairu) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Japanese: 折れる (oreru) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Korean: 부러뜨리다 (bureotteurida) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Latvian: salauzt — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Latvian: lauzt — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Polish: złamać — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Portuguese: quebrar — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Portuguese: partir — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Romanian: frânge — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Russian: лома́ть (lomátʹ) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Russian: слома́ть (slomátʹ) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Slovak: zlomiť — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Slovene: zlomiti — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Spanish: romper — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Swedish: bryta — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Tagalog: baliin — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Thai: หัก (hàk) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Tok Pisin: brukim — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق (kırmak) — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Welsh: torri — transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
  • Azerbaijani: xırdalamaq — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破 (pò) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Danish: veksle — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Danish: dele — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Dutch: verdelen — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Finnish: jakaa — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Finnish: särkeä — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Finnish: rikkoa — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • French: diviser — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • German: kleinmachen — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Greek: χαλάω (chaláo) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Hungarian: vált — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Hungarian: felvált — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Italian: suddividere — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Italian: cambiare — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Italian: scambiare — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Kazakh: уақтау (uaqtau) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Persian: خرد کردن (xord kardan) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Polish: rozmieniać — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Polish: rozmienić — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Portuguese: trocar — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Russian: разменять (razmenjatʹ) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Slovak: rozdeliť — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Slovak: rozmeniť — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Tagalog: hatiin — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Thai: แตก (dtɛ̀ɛk) — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Tok Pisin: brukim — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Turkish: bozmak — to divide (money) into smaller units
  • Azerbaijani: sındırmaq — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Finnish: murtaa (tahto) — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Finnish: lannistaa — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Finnish: nujertaa — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • French: briser — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • German: zerbrechen — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Hungarian: elkedvetlenít — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Hungarian: megtör — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Italian: frantumare — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Italian: annullare — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Italian: annientare — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Italian: distruggere — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Polish: łamać — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Polish: złamać — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Russian: ломать (lomatʹ) — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Russian: доводить (dovoditʹ) — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Slovak: zlomiť — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Spanish: desmoronar — to cause a person to lose spirit or will
  • Finnish: kesyttää — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • French: débourrer — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • German: zähmen — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • German: zureiten — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Hungarian: betör — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Italian: addomesticare — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Italian: sottomettere — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Māori: whakararata — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Māori: pereki — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Portuguese: domar — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Slovak: skrotiť — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Slovak: krotiť — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Spanish: domar — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Spanish: desbravar — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Spanish: amansar — to turn an animal into a beast of burden
  • Azerbaijani: atmaq — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Azerbaijani: tərgitmək — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Finnish: lopettaa — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • French: passer — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • German: aufhören — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Hungarian: felhagy — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Hungarian: leszokik — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Italian: porre fine — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Italian: terminare — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Portuguese: perder — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Portuguese: romper — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Slovak: prestať — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Slovak: zbaviť sa — to cause a habit to no longer exist
  • Azerbaijani: dağıtmaq — to ruin financially
  • Danish: ruinere — to ruin financially
  • Finnish: kaataa — to ruin financially
  • French: ruiner — to ruin financially
  • German: zugrunde richten — to ruin financially
  • Hungarian: tönkretesz — to ruin financially
  • Hungarian: csődbe juttat — to ruin financially
  • Hungarian: csődbe visz — to ruin financially
  • Italian: fare fallire — to ruin financially
  • Italian: eliminare — to ruin financially
  • Italian: chiudere — to ruin financially
  • Māori: whakapēkerapu — to ruin financially
  • Polish: rujnować — to ruin financially
  • Polish: zrujnować — to ruin financially
  • Portuguese: quebrar — to ruin financially
  • Russian: разоря́ть (razorjátʹ) — to ruin financially
  • Russian: разори́ть (razorítʹ) — to ruin financially
  • Slovak: zruinovať — to ruin financially
  • Armenian: խախտել (xaxtel) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Azerbaijani: pozmaq — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Bulgarian: нарушавам (narušavam) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破戒 (pòjiè) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 犯戒 (fànjiè) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Czech: porušit — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Danish: bryde — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Danish: krænke — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Dutch: breken — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Dutch: overtreden — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Estonian: rikkuma — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Finnish: rikkoa — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • French: outrepasser — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • German: brechen — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • German: verletzen — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Hebrew: הפר (hefér) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Hungarian: megszeg — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Hungarian: szeg — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Hungarian: megsért — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Hungarian: sért — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Icelandic: brjóta — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Italian: oltrepassare — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Italian: sfondare — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Italian: superare — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Japanese: 破る (yaburu) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Japanese: 犯す (okasu) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Korean: 깨다 (kkaeda) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Latvian: pārkāpt — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Māori: pekehāwani — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Māori: takahi — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Mongolian: зөрчих (zörčix) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Persian: شکستن (šekastan) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Portuguese: desrespeitar — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Portuguese: violar — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Russian: наруша́ть (narušátʹ) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Russian: нару́шить (narúšitʹ) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Slovak: porušiť — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Slovene: prekršiti — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Spanish: conculcar — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Spanish: quebrantar — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Swedish: bryta — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Thai: ละเมิด (lá-mə̂ət) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Thai: ฝ่าฝืน (fàa-fʉ̌ʉn) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Tok Pisin: brukim — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Ukrainian: пору́шувати (porúšuvaty) — transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something)
  • Danish: ødelægge — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • Finnish: ratkaista — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • French: bourriner — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • German: knacken — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • German: aushebeln — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • Italian: contrattaccare — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • Korean: 잔꾀부리다 (jankkoeburida) — gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move
  • Armenian: փչանալ (pʻčʻanal) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Azerbaijani: sınmaq — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Azerbaijani: xarab olmaq — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Bulgarian: развалям се (razvaljam se) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壞 /坏 (huài) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Czech: rozbít se — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Czech: polámat se — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Czech: přestat fungovat — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Czech: pokazit se — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Danish: bryde sammen — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Danish: gå i stykker — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Danish: gå itu — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Dutch: stukgaan — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Dutch: kapotgaan — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Finnish: hajota — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Finnish: mennä rikki — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Finnish: tiltata — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • French: se casser — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • French: tomber en panne — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • German: kaputtgehen — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Greek: χαλάω (chaláo) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Hebrew: התקלקל (hitkalkél) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Hungarian: elromlik — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Hungarian: tönkremegy — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Icelandic: brjóta — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Irish: bris — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Italian: rompersi — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Italian: scassarsi — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Japanese: 壊れる (kowareru) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Korean: 부서지다 (buseojida) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Latvian: salūzt — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Latvian: lūzt — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Polish: zespuć się — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Polish: psuć się — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Portuguese: quebrar — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Portuguese: partir — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Russian: лома́ться (lomátʹsja) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Russian: слома́ться (slomátʹsja) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Slovak: pokaziť sa — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Slovene: pokvariti se — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Spanish: descomponerse — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Swahili: kuvunjika — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Swedish: gå sönder — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Tagalog: masira — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Telugu: చెడిపోవు (ceḍipōvu) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Thai: พัง (pang) — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Thai: ชํารุด — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Tok Pisin: bruk — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Turkish: bozulmak — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Vietnamese: hỏng — intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
  • Armenian: ջարդել (ǰardel) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Armenian: կոտրել (kotrel) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Armenian: փչացնել (pʻčʻacʻnel) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Azerbaijani: xarab eləmək — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Azerbaijani: sındırmaq — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Bulgarian: развалям (razvaljam) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破坏 (pòhuài) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 损坏 (sǔnhuài) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Czech: pokazit — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Danish: ødelægge — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Danish: smadre — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Dutch: kapotmaken — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Dutch: stukmaken — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Finnish: rikkoa — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Finnish: särkeä — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • French: casser — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • French: mettre en panne — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • German: kaputtmachen — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Greek: χαλάω (chaláo) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Hebrew: שבר (shavár) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Hungarian: elront — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Hungarian: tönkretesz — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Icelandic: skemma — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Icelandic: eyðileggja — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Irish: bris — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Italian: fermare — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Italian: interrompere — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Italian: stoppare — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Japanese: 壊す (kowasu) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Japanese: 破壊する (hakai suru) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Korean: 부수다 (busuda) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Latvian: salauzt — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Latvian: lauzt — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Lutuv: para — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Māori: whakakaurapa — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Persian: خراب کردن (xarâb kardan) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Polish: zepsuć — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Polish: psuć — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Portuguese: estragar — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Portuguese: partir — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Russian: лома́ть (lomátʹ) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Russian: слома́ть (slomátʹ) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Russian: по́ртить (pórtitʹ) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Russian: испо́ртить (ispórtitʹ) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Slovak: pokaziť — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Slovak: znefunkčniť — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Slovene: pokvariti — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Spanish: descomponer — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Spanish: esñocar — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Swahili: kuvunja — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Swedish: ha sönder — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Swedish: ta sönder — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Tagalog: sirain — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Thai: พัง (pang) — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Thai: ชํารุด — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Tok Pisin: brukim — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Turkish: bozmak — transitive: to cause to stop functioning
  • Finnish: murtaa — to cause to no longer bar
  • French: briser — to cause to no longer bar
  • German: knacken — to cause to no longer bar
  • German: aufbrechen — to cause to no longer bar
  • Hungarian: feltör — to cause to no longer bar
  • Hungarian: felnyit — to cause to no longer bar
  • Italian: rompere — to cause to no longer bar
  • Italian: scassinare — to cause to no longer bar
  • Italian: spaccare — to cause to no longer bar
  • Slovak: prelomiť — to cause to no longer bar
  • Slovak: rozbiť — to cause to no longer bar
  • Slovak: porušiť — to cause to no longer bar
  • Slovak: narušiť — to cause to no longer bar
  • Bulgarian: разбивам се (razbivam se) — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Finnish: murtua — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • German: brechen — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Hungarian: megtörik — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Icelandic: brotna — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Italian: infrangersi — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Italian: frantumarsi — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Italian: fracassarsi — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Māori: pōrutu — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Polish: rozbijać się — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Polish: rozbić się — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Portuguese: quebrar — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Slovak: lámať sa — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Spanish: romper — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Swedish: bryta — of a wave, to collapse into a surf
  • Finnish: hellittää — of a spell of weather: to end
  • German: wechseln — of a spell of weather: to end
  • German: zu Ende gehen — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Hungarian: véget ér — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Italian: esaurire — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Italian: dissiparsi — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Italian: esaurirsi — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Latvian: beigties — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Russian: сменяться (smenjatʹsja) — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Spanish: cambiar — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Spanish: estropearse — of a spell of weather: to end
  • Azerbaijani: fasilə etmək — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Bulgarian: прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Danish: holde pause — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Danish: pause — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Dutch: pauzeren — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Finnish: pitää tauko — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Finnish: keskeyttää — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • French: faire une pause — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • German: pausieren — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Hungarian: szünetet tart — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Italian: interrompere — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Italian: fare una sosta — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Italian: fare una pausa — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Italian: sospendere — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Japanese: 休憩する (kyūkei suru) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Korean: 쉬다 (swida) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Latvian: paņemt pārtraukumu — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Portuguese: pausar — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Russian: де́лать переры́в (délatʹ pererýv) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Swedish: avbryta — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Swedish: bryta — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Thai: หยุด (yùt) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Thai: พักผ่อน (pák-pɔ̀n) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Ukrainian: робит́и пере́рву (robyt́y perérvu) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Ukrainian: пере́рва (perérva) — to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
  • Finnish: pysäyttää — to interrupt a fall
  • French: rattraper — to interrupt a fall
  • German: stoppen — to interrupt a fall
  • German: abbremsen — to interrupt a fall
  • Italian: interrompere — to interrupt a fall
  • Italian: fermare — to interrupt a fall
  • Slovak: spomaliť — to interrupt a fall
  • Finnish: uutisoida — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Finnish: kertoa — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • French: publier — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • French: révéler — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: publizieren — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: herauskommen — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: herausbringen — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: bekannt geben — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: bekannt machen — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: publik machen — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • German: überbringen — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Hungarian: közöl — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Italian: trapelare — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Italian: filtrare — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Italian: diffondere — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Korean: 까발리다 (kkaballida) — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Russian: раскрыть (raskrytʹ) — to disclose or make known an item of news
  • Bulgarian: пуквам (pukvam) — of morning: to arrive
  • Ngazidja Comorian: husha — of morning: to arrive
  • Finnish: koittaa — of morning: to arrive
  • German: anbrechen — of morning: to arrive
  • German: dämmern — of morning: to arrive
  • Hungarian: virrad — of morning: to arrive
  • Hungarian: hajnalodik — of morning: to arrive
  • Italian: spuntare — of morning: to arrive
  • Italian: nascere — of morning: to arrive
  • Italian: fare capolino — of morning: to arrive
  • Italian: apparire — of morning: to arrive
  • Māori: hotu — of morning: to arrive
  • Slovak: začať — of morning: to arrive
  • Ottoman Turkish: صباحلامق (sabahlamak) — of morning: to arrive
  • Finnish: kajahtaa — to become audible suddenly
  • German: hereinbrechen — to become audible suddenly
  • Hungarian: felhangzik — to become audible suddenly
  • Hungarian: felharsan — to become audible suddenly
  • Hungarian: megszólal — to become audible suddenly
  • Italian: rompere — to become audible suddenly
  • Italian: irrompere — to become audible suddenly
  • Italian: prorompere — to become audible suddenly
  • Italian: invadere — to become audible suddenly
  • Finnish: rikkoa — to change a steady state abruptly
  • German: unterbrechen — to change a steady state abruptly
  • German: brechen — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Hungarian: megtör — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Italian: interrompere — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Italian: bloccare — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Italian: rompere — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Slovak: prerušiť — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Slovak: pokaziť — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Slovak: zničiť — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Slovak: stratiť sa — to change a steady state abruptly
  • Finnish: muuttua (yhtäkkiä — to suddenly become
  • German: werden — to suddenly become
  • German: wenden — to suddenly become
  • German: verwandeln — to suddenly become
  • Hungarian: fordul — to suddenly become
  • Hungarian: megváltozik — to suddenly become
  • Italian: prorompere — to suddenly become
  • Italian: irrompere — to suddenly become
  • Italian: volgersi — to suddenly become
  • Finnish: madaltua — of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
  • German: einen / den Stimmbruch haben — of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
  • Hungarian: mutál — of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
  • Russian: ломаться (lomatʹsja) — of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
  • Slovene: mutirati — of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
  • Vietnamese: vỡ giọng — of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty
  • Finnish: murtua — of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain [existing translations are to be checked, whether they belong to the previous sense]
  • Hungarian: elcsuklik — of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain [existing translations are to be checked, whether they belong to the previous sense]
  • Portuguese: falhar — of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain [existing translations are to be checked, whether they belong to the previous sense]
  • Finnish: murtaa — to do better than a record
  • French: battre — to do better than a record
  • German: brechen — to do better than a record
  • Hungarian: megdönt — to do better than a record
  • Hungarian: dönt — to do better than a record
  • Hungarian: megjavít — to do better than a record
  • Hungarian: javít — to do better than a record
  • Italian: frantumare — to do better than a record
  • Portuguese: quebrar — to do better than a record
  • Slovak: prekonať — to do better than a record
  • Thai: ทําลาย — to do better than a record
  • Turkish: kırmak — to do better than a record
  • Bulgarian: пробивам (probivam) — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Catalan: trencar el servei — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Danish: bryde — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Finnish: murtaa — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • German: einen Break machen — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Hebrew: שבירה — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Japanese: ブレークを取る (burēku o toru) — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Korean: 쉬다 (swida) — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Turkish: servis kırmak — to win a game as receiver in tennis
  • Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Finnish: aloittaa — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Finnish: breikata — billiards: to make the first shot
  • German: anstoßen — billiards: to make the first shot
  • German: den Eröffnungsstoß haben — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Greek: σπάω (spáo) — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Japanese: ブレークする (burēku suru) — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Korean: 쉬다 (swida) — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Russian: разбить (razbitʹ) — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Swedish: spränga — billiards: to make the first shot
  • Danish: degradere — to reduce the military rank of
  • Finnish: alentaa — to reduce the military rank of
  • French: dégrader — to reduce the military rank of
  • German: degradieren — to reduce the military rank of
  • Hungarian: lefokoz — to reduce the military rank of
  • Italian: degradare — to reduce the military rank of
  • Italian: retrocedere — to reduce the military rank of
  • Finnish: katkaista — to end a connection
  • French: déconnecter — to end a connection
  • French: rompre — to end a connection
  • German: abbrechen — to end a connection
  • German: unterbrechen — to end a connection
  • Italian: terminare — to end a connection
  • Italian: interrompere — to end a connection
  • Italian: staccare — to end a connection
  • Italian: sconnettere — to end a connection
  • Portuguese: separar — to end a connection
  • Portuguese: desligar — to end a connection
  • Russian: разрывать (razryvatʹ) — to end a connection
  • Russian: разорвать (razorvatʹ) — to end a connection
  • Slovak: prerušiť — to end a connection
  • Slovak: rozdeliť — to end a connection
  • Slovak: odpojiť — to end a connection
  • Finnish: hajota — to demulsify
  • French: casser — to demulsify
  • German: trennen — to demulsify
  • German: aufspalten — to demulsify
  • Catalan: escapar-se — to counter-attack
  • Catalan: internar-se — to counter-attack
  • Danish: knække — to counter-attack
  • Finnish: murtautua — to counter-attack
  • French: riposter — to counter-attack
  • French: contre-attaquer — to counter-attack
  • German: ausbrechen — to counter-attack
  • German: ausfallen — to counter-attack
  • German: einen Ausfall machen — to counter-attack
  • German: zum Gegenangriff ansetzen — to counter-attack
  • Italian: contrattaccare — to counter-attack
  • Italian: rispondere — to counter-attack
  • Italian: replicare — to counter-attack
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