Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..

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Frush :: Frush (v. t.) To batter; to break in pieces.
Poop :: Poop (v. t.) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave..
Idoloclast :: Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
Diffract :: Diffract (v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light..
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..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold..
To-break :: To-break (v. t.) To break completely; to break in pieces.
Regma :: Regma (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle..
Breakfast :: Breakfast (v. i.) To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
Glass-snake :: Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World..
Continuous :: Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity..
Break :: 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..
Gnide :: Gnide (v. t.) To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.
Surf :: Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach..
Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..
Friation :: Friation (n.) The act of breaking up or pulverizing.
Heartbreaking :: Heartbreaking (a.) Causing overpowering sorrow.
Outbreak :: Outbreak (n.) A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.
Rout :: Rout (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout..
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