v. |
[1] |
break apart/up/asunder
,
fracture
,
rupture
,
break into bits
,
come apart
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
crack
,
crash
,
splinter
,
fragment
,
split
,
burst
,
explode
,
(Colloq) bust
|
[2] |
reveal
,
announce
,
disclose
,
divulge
,
tell
,
make public
|
[3] |
relax
,
ease up
,
improve
,
ameliorate
,
change for the better
|
[4] |
demolish
,
smash
,
destroy
,
crush
,
ruin
,
defeat
,
foil
,
frustrate
|
[5] |
ruin
,
bankrupt
|
[6] |
weary
,
exhaust
,
wear out
,
weaken
,
debilitate
|
[7] |
crush
,
overcome
,
cow
,
cripple
,
demoralize
,
weaken
,
undermine
,
discourage
|
[8] |
break in
,
tame
,
discipline
,
train
,
condition
|
[9] |
violate
,
transgress
,
disobey
,
contravene
,
defy
,
infringe
,
fail to observe
,
ignore
,
disregard
,
flout
|
[10] |
break off
,
discontinue
,
interrupt
,
sever
,
cut off
,
give up
,
suspend
,
disrupt
|
[11] |
break up
,
divide
,
disperse
,
scatter
|
[12] |
break loose/away/forth
,
separate from
,
break out (of)
,
escape (from)
,
depart (from)
|
[13] |
break forth
,
burst forth
,
emerge/come out suddenly
|
[14] |
demote
,
(Colloq) bust
|
[15] |
break away
,
leave
,
depart
,
separate (oneself)
|
[16] |
break down
,
demolish
,
destroy
,
decompose
,
break up
,
analyse
,
collapse
,
give way
,
disintegrate
,
be crushed
,
be prostrated
|
[17] |
break ground
,
initiate
,
begin
,
commence
,
found
,
set up
,
establish
,
inaugurate
,
be innovative
,
innovate
,
(Colloq) break the ice
,
take the plunge
,
start the ball rolling
|
[18] |
break in
,
separate
,
split up
,
interrupt
,
interpose
,
fall apart
,
interject
,
burst in
,
intrude
,
intervene
,
interfere
,
disturb
,
train
,
educate
,
prepare
,
accustom
,
condition
,
habituate
,
wear
,
rob
,
burgle
,
burglarize
,
break and enter
|
[19] |
break off
,
discontinue
,
stop
,
cease
,
end
,
disengage
,
sever
,
detach
,
break
|
[20] |
break out
,
bust
,
escape
,
emerge
,
appear
,
erupt
,
come out in
,
break out in/into
|
[21] |
break the ice
|
[22] |
break through
,
penetrate
,
offend
,
infract
,
force/get through
,
go against
,
breach
|
[23] |
break up disband
,
disperse
,
disintegrate
,
fracture
,
fragment
,
comminute
|
[24] |
break with
,
break up (with)
,
separate from
,
leave
,
depart from
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
disavow
|
[25] |
go against
|
[26] |
better
|
[27] |
unwrap
,
let on
,
bring out
,
discover
,
expose
,
give away
,
let out
|
[28] |
fail
,
go bad
,
die
,
give out
,
conk out
,
go
|
[29] |
dampen
,
damp
,
soften
|
[30] |
separate
,
part
,
split up
|
[31] |
bump
,
relegate
,
kick downstairs
|
[32] |
fall in
,
cave in
,
give
,
founder
|
[33] |
break dance
,
break-dance
|
[34] |
bust
,
fall apart
|
[35] |
snap off
|
[36] |
get out
,
get around
|
[37] |
pause
,
intermit
|
[38] |
recrudesce
,
develop
|
[39] |
check
|
|
n. |
[1] |
interruption
|
[2] |
good luck
,
happy chance
|
[3] |
fault
,
faulting
,
geological fault
,
shift
|
[4] |
severance
,
falling out
|
[5] |
respite
,
recess
,
time out
|
[6] |
breakage
,
breaking
|
[7] |
pause
,
intermission
,
interruption
,
suspension
|
[8] |
break of serve
|
[9] |
interruption
,
disruption
|
[10] |
open frame
|
[11] |
breakout
,
jailbreak
,
gaolbreak
,
prisonbreak
,
prison-breaking
|
[12] |
fracture
,
split
,
separation
,
rupture
,
breach
,
rift
,
schism
|
[13] |
gap
,
opening
,
hole
,
crack
,
slit
|
[14] |
interruption
,
discontinuity
,
discontinuation
,
hesitation
,
suspension
,
hiatus
,
gap
,
lacuna
,
unevenness
,
irregularity
|
[15] |
rest
,
respite
,
rest period
,
coffee-break
,
tea break
,
intermission
,
interlude
,
lull
,
pause
,
playtime
,
(US) recess
,
(Colloq) breather
|
[16] |
chance
,
stroke of luck
,
opportunity
,
opening
|
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