Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.

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Inbreaking :: Inbreaking (n.) A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Jog :: "Jog (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane..
Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Bond :: Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break jo
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The breaking of a bone.
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise..
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..
Cavezon :: Cavezon (n.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses.
Septifragal :: Septifragal (a.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis..
Undertow :: Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land..
O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..
Burglary :: Burglary (n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
Smash :: Smash (v. i.) To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure..
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