Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..

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Wind-break :: Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
Craze :: Craze (v. t.) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Disrupt :: Disrupt (v. t.) To break asunder; to rend.
Infract :: Infract (v. t.) To break; to infringe.
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..
Event :: Event (v. t.) To break forth.
Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite..
Elide :: Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument..
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Rag :: Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Poop :: Poop (v. t.) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave..
Dissolving :: Dissolving (a.) Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..
Unspell :: Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
Rut :: Rut (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set..
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