Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

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Iconoclastic :: Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
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..
Storm :: Storm (n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult..
Ossifragous :: Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
Protovertebra :: Protovertebra (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Crumble :: Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Ruction :: Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..
Breakfasting :: Breakfasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breakfas.
Brittleness :: Brittleness (n.) Aptness to break; fragility.
Orthoclastic :: Orthoclastic (a.) Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.
Rider :: Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
Smash :: Smash (v. i.) To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure..
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