Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set..

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Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones.
Breakneck :: Breakneck (a.) Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed..
Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush..
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Strength :: Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like..
Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) A meal after fasting, or food in general..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..
Giving :: Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding..
Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts..
Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..
Iconoclasm :: Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Spermospore :: Spermospore (n.) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore..
Osteoclasis :: Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends..
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