Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..

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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..
Smash :: Smash (v. i.) To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
Breakwater :: Breakwater (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence..
Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Exanthema :: Exanthema (n.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Hack :: Hack (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
Transgress :: Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral..
Idoloclast :: Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..
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..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
Enchantment :: Enchantment (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment..
Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..
Lithotrity :: Lithotrity (n.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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