Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax..

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Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..
Enrockment :: Enrockment (n.) A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc..
Spelt :: Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf..
Burst :: Burst (n.) A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration..
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..
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..
Rider :: Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..
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..
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.
Disshiver :: Disshiver (v. t. & i.) To shiver or break in pieces.
Dissociation :: Dissociation (n.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia..
Idoloclast :: Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Piccage :: Piccage (n.) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.
Rent :: Rent (n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Disestablish :: Disestablish (v. t.) To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state..
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