breaking
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- n the act of breaking something
- v terminate
- v become separated into pieces or fragments
- v render inoperable or ineffective
- v ruin completely
- v destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- v act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- v move away or escape suddenly
- v scatter or part
- v force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- v prevent completion
- v enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- v make submissive, obedient, or useful
- v fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- v surpass in excellence
- v make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- v come into being
- v stop operating or functioning
- v interrupt a continued activity
- v make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- v curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- v lessen in force or effect
- v be broken in
- v come to an end
- v vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- v cause to give up a habit
- v give up
- v come forth or begin from a state of latency
- v happen or take place
Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months - v cause the failure or ruin of
- v invalidate by judicial action
- v discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- v assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- v reduce to bankruptcy
- v change directions suddenly
- v emerge from the surface of a body of water
- v break down, literally or metaphorically
- v do a break dance
- v exchange for smaller units of money
- v destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- v make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- v separate from a clinch, in boxing
- v go to pieces
- v break a piece from a whole
- v become punctured or penetrated
- v pierce or penetrate
- v be released or become known; of news
- v cease an action temporarily
- v interrupt the flow of current in
- v undergo breaking
- v find a flaw in
- v find the solution or key to
- v change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- v happen
- v become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- v crack; of the male voice in puberty
his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir - v fall sharply
- v fracture a bone of
- v diminish or discontinue abruptly
- v weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- Different horse trainers have different methods of breaking a colt.
- It was the spring of 1948, the year after Jackie changed my life by breaking baseball's color line.