|  | an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" 同义词:breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking,
 
 
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|  | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" 同义词:open frame,
 
 
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|  | a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door" 
 
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|  | the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" 同义词:breakage, breaking,
 
 
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|  | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" 同义词:interruption, disruption, gap,
 
 
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|  | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set" 同义词:break of serve,
 
 
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|  | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool 
 
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|  | a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" 同义词:respite, recess, time out,
 
 
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|  | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice" 
 
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|  | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" 同义词:rupture, breach, severance, rift, falling out,
 
 
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|  | an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break" 同义词:good luck, happy chance,
 
 
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|  | the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" 
 
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|  | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" 同义词:interruption,
 
 
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|  | (geology) a crack in the earth''s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth''s crust" 同义词:fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture,
 
 
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|  | breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" 同义词:fracture,
 
 
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|  | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something 同义词:pause, intermission, interruption, suspension,
 
 
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|  | weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" 
 
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|  | diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient''s fever broke last night" 
 
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|  | fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" 同义词:fracture,
 
 
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|  | fall sharply; "stock prices broke" 
 
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|  | make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" 同义词:break in,
 
 
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|  | be broken in; "If the new teacher won''t break, we''ll add some stress" 
 
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|  | crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir" 
 
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|  | render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" 
 
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|  | become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" 同义词:separate, split up, fall apart, come apart,
 
 
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|  | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" 
 
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|  | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" 同义词:crack, check,
 
 
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|  | happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" 同义词:recrudesce, develop,
 
 
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|  | prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" 同义词:break off, discontinue, stop,
 
 
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|  | terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" 同义词:interrupt,
 
 
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|  | lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" 同义词:dampen, damp, soften, weaken,
 
 
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|  | stop operating or functioning; "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" 同义词:fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break down,
 
 
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|  | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" 
 
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|  | come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" 
 
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|  | find the solution or key to; "break the code" 
 
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|  | find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" 
 
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|  | undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" 
 
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|  | interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit" 
 
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|  | cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let''s break for lunch" 同义词:pause, intermit,
 
 
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|  | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "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" 同义词:unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, give away, let out,
 
 
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|  | be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" 同义词:get out, get around,
 
 
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|  | surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" 同义词:better,
 
 
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|  | pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin" 
 
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|  | become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke" 
 
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|  | break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" 同义词:break off, snap off,
 
 
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|  | go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" 同义词:wear, wear out, bust, fall apart,
 
 
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|  | ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" 同义词:bust,
 
 
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|  | separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers" 
 
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|  | make the opening shot that scatters the balls 
 
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|  | destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" 同义词:break up,
 
 
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|  | exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" 
 
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|  | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" 同义词:burst, erupt,
 
 
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|  | do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" 同义词:break dance, break-dance,
 
 
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|  | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke" 
 
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|  | break down, literally or metaphorically; "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" 同义词:collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, founder,
 
 
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|  | emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke" 
 
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|  | scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" 
 
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|  | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one''s own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke" 
 
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|  | move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" 同义词:break out, break away,
 
 
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|  | change directions suddenly 
 
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|  | reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter''s fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" 同义词:bankrupt, ruin, smash,
 
 
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|  | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" 同义词:demote, bump, relegate, kick downstairs,
 
 
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|  | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" 同义词:separate, part, split up, split, break up,
 
 
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|  | invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken" 
 
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|  | interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" 同义词:break away,
 
 
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|  | cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" 
 
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|  | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" 同义词:transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach,
 
 
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|  | enter someone''s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" 同义词:break in,
 
 
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|  | happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" 
 
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|  | come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York" 
 
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|  | fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" 同义词:violate, go against,
 
 
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|  | give up; "break cigarette smoking" 
 
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|  | cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" 
 
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|  | vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" 
 
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|  | come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" 
 
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