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/breɪk/
To cause something to separate into parts suddenly or forcibly.
Synonyms:
shatter
smash
fracture
crack
snap
Antonyms:
repair
fix
mend
Examples:
T
hen Helen broke it with her little-girl voice.
T
here was a crash of breaking glass.
I
t can't be broken.'
Etymology:
From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”).
Usage Statistics:
215 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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