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Synonyms of break in English:
break
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See UK English definition of break
See Spanish definition of romper
verb
1‘the mirror fell to the floor, where it broke into pieces’
repair, mend
2‘she had broken her leg in two places’
3‘the bite had barely broken the skin’
4‘the machine has broken and they can't fix it until next week’
5‘the council will prosecute traders who break the law’
keep, abide by
6‘his concentration was broken by a sound’
7‘at mid-morning they broke for coffee’
resume
8‘he landed on a pile of carpets which broke his fall’
9‘the film broke box-office records’
10‘deeply established habits are very difficult to break’
11‘the strategies used to break the union’
12‘her self-control finally broke’
13‘four thousand pounds wouldn't break him’
14‘he tried to break the news gently’
15‘Krycek managed to break the encryption code’
16‘the day broke fair and cloudless’
17‘a political scandal broke in mid-1991’
18‘overnight, the weather broke’
19‘waves broke against the rocks’
20‘her voice broke as she relived the experience’
noun
1‘the magazine has been published without a break since 1950’
2‘a break in the weather’
3‘let's have a break and get something to eat’
4‘a weekend break’
5‘a break in diplomatic relations’
6‘a break in the wall’
7‘she got her first break in 1951, with Broadway's ‘Gigi’’
Phrases
- break up
1‘after about an hour, the meeting broke up’
2‘the crowd began to break up’
3‘Danny and I broke up last year’
4‘the whole cast broke up’
1‘his van broke down’
2‘pay negotiations with management broke down’
3‘Vicky broke down, sobbing loudly’
‘the fuselage had broken off just behind the pilot's seat’
1‘Anna attempted to break away, but he held her tight’
2‘he broke away from the organization and formed a rival group’
1‘he broke out of jail’
2‘fighting broke out between rival army units’
1‘they had to get the police to break the door down’
2‘break big tasks down into smaller, more manageable parts’
3‘graphs show how the information can be broken down’
1‘£1,500 was stolen when thieves broke into a house in Perth Street’
2‘Phil broke into the discussion’
3‘he broke into a song’
‘there was no time to break in a new foreign minister’
1‘I broke off a branch from one of the trees’
2‘Britain threatened to break off diplomatic relations’
1‘police tried to break up a crowd of about 10,000 people’
2‘I'm not going to let you break up my marriage’
1‘thieves broke in and took her cheque book’
2‘‘I don't want to interfere, ’ Mrs Hendry broke in’