break

打破；碰破；折断；打碎

分裂；裂开

毁坏；弄坏；损坏

（突然用力）变成；成为

擦破

违背；违犯；不遵守

闯

驯服；制服

超过；超越

泄露；发布；透露

中断

结束；停止

突然发生，突然出现

衰退；减弱

突变

破译（密码）

破；破裂；破隙

暂停；休息

突变

破晓

〈台球〉连续击球得分

〈网球〉接发球得分

机会；运气

逃走；逃脱

断裂；开裂

破坏；拆散

制服；被制服

（机器）损坏

失败；破裂

精神崩溃；失去控制

起化学变化

细分；分类

不赚不赔；收支平衡

闯入；强行进入

打断；插嘴

训练；驯养；使（某人）熟悉工作

闯入

打断；插话

突然…起来

勉强动用

除去（某人的）习性

逃脱；逃出

突然发生

突破

分裂

结束；解散

（学校）开始放假

使发笑；逗乐；使苦恼

break

休息, 暂停, 破裂, 突变

打破, 违犯, 折断, 削弱, 超过, 突变

break

1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

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2. an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"

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3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"

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4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

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5. a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

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6. the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

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7. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

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8. breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

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9. the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"

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10. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

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11. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"

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12. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"

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13. a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door"

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14. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"

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15. an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

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1. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

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2. become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

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3. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"

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4. render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"

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5. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

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6. act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"

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7. move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

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8. scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"

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9. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

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10. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations"

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11. enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"

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12. make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"

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13. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"

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14. surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

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15. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"

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16. come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"

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17. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

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18. interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

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19. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke"

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20. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke"

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21. lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

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22. be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"

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23. come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"

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24. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"

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25. cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"

26. give up; "break cigarette smoking"

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27. come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York"

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28. happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"

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29. cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright"

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30. invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"

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31. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

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32. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"

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33. reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

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34. change directions suddenly

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35. emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke"

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36. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

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37. do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"

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