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Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock..

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Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled..

Ossifragous :: Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.

Unman :: Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

Upbreak :: Upbreak (v. i.) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.

Heartbreak :: Heartbreak (n.) Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..

Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel..

Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..

Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk..

Disorganize :: Disorganize (v. t.) To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange..

Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..

Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..

Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.

Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..

Perbreak :: Perbreak (n.) See Parbreak.

Rout :: Rout (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete..

Iconoclastic :: Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking..