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br: /ˈbrəʊ.kən/ ˈብረው.ከን us: /ˈbroʊ.kən/ .ˈብሮው.ከን

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1. terminate
She interrupted her pregnancy; break a lucky streak; break the cycle of poverty;
Synonyms : ['interrupt', 'break']

2. become separated into pieces or fragments
The figurine broke; The freshly baked loaf fell apart;
Synonyms : ['break', 'separate', 'split_up', 'fall_apart', 'come_apart']

3. render inoperable or ineffective
You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!;
Synonyms : ['break']

4. ruin completely
He busted my radio!;
Synonyms : ['break', 'bust']
Antonyms : ['repair']

5. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
He broke the glass plate; She broke the match;
Synonyms : ['break']

6. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
offend all laws of humanity; violate the basic laws or human civilization; break a law; break a promise;
Synonyms : ['transgress', 'offend', 'infract', 'violate', 'go_against', 'breach', 'break']
Antonyms : ['keep']

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;
Synonyms : ['break', 'break_out', 'break_away']

8. scatter or part
The clouds broke after the heavy downpour;
Synonyms : ['break']

9. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
break into tears; erupt in anger;
Synonyms : ['break', 'burst', 'erupt']

10. prevent completion
stop the project; break off the negotiations;
Synonyms : ['break', 'break_off', 'discontinue', 'stop']

11. enter someone's (virtual or real) 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!; who broke into my account last night?;
Synonyms : ['break_in', 'break']

12. make submissive, obedient, or useful
The horse was tough to break; I broke in the new intern;
Synonyms : ['break_in', 'break']

13. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
This sentence violates the rules of syntax;
Synonyms : ['violate', 'go_against', 'break']
Antonyms : ['conform_to']

14. surpass in excellence
She bettered her own record; break a record;
Synonyms : ['better', 'break']

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; unwrap the evidence in the murder case;
Synonyms : ['unwrap', 'disclose', 'let_on', 'bring_out', 'reveal', 'discover', 'expose', 'divulge', 'break', 'give_away', 'let_out']

16. come into being
light broke over the horizon; Voices broke in the air;
Synonyms : ['break']

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;
Synonyms : ['fail', 'go_bad', 'give_way', 'die', 'give_out', 'conk_out', 'go', 'break', 'break_down']

18. interrupt a continued activity
She had broken with the traditional patterns;
Synonyms : ['break', 'break_away']

19. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
The ranks broke;
Synonyms : ['break']

20. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
The surf broke;
Synonyms : ['break']

21. lessen in force or effect
soften a shock; break a fall;
Synonyms : ['dampen', 'damp', 'soften', 'weaken', 'break']

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

23. come to an end
The heat wave finally broke yesterday;
Synonyms : ['break']

24. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
The flat plain was broken by tall mesas;
Synonyms : ['break']

25. cause to give up a habit
She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes;
Synonyms : ['break']

26. give up
break cigarette smoking;
Synonyms : ['break']

27. come forth or begin from a state of latency
The first winter storm broke over New York;
Synonyms : ['break']

28. happen or take place
Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months;
Synonyms : ['break']

29. cause the failure or ruin of
His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage; This play will either make or break the playwright;
Synonyms : ['break']
Antonyms : ['make']

30. invalidate by judicial action
The will was broken;
Synonyms : ['break']

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;
Synonyms : ['separate', 'part', 'split_up', 'split', 'break', 'break_up']

32. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
She was demoted because she always speaks up; He was broken down to Sergeant;
Synonyms : ['demote', 'bump', 'relegate', 'break', 'kick_downstairs']
Antonyms : ['promote']

33. reduce to bankruptcy
My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!; The slump in the financial markets smashed him;
Synonyms : ['bankrupt', 'ruin', 'break', 'smash']

34. change directions suddenly

Synonyms : ['break']

35. emerge from the surface of a body of water
The whales broke;
Synonyms : ['break']

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;
Synonyms : ['collapse', 'fall_in', 'cave_in', 'give', 'give_way', 'break', 'founder']

37. do a break dance
Kids were break-dancing at the street corner;
Synonyms : ['break_dance', 'break-dance', 'break']

38. exchange for smaller units of money
I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy;
Synonyms : ['break']

39. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
The book dealer would not break the set;
Synonyms : ['break', 'break_up']

40. make the opening shot that scatters the balls

Synonyms : ['break']

41. separate from a clinch, in boxing
The referee broke the boxers;
Synonyms : ['break']

42. go to pieces
The lawn mower finally broke; The gears wore out; The old chair finally fell apart completely;
Synonyms : ['break', 'wear', 'wear_out', 'bust', 'fall_apart']

43. break a piece from a whole
break a branch from a tree;
Synonyms : ['break', 'break_off', 'snap_off']

44. become punctured or penetrated
The skin broke;
Synonyms : ['break']

45. pierce or penetrate
The blade broke her skin;
Synonyms : ['break']

46. be released or become known; of news
News of her death broke in the morning;
Synonyms : ['break', 'get_out', 'get_around']

47. cease an action temporarily
We pause for station identification; let's break for lunch;
Synonyms : ['pause', 'intermit', 'break']

48. interrupt the flow of current in
break a circuit;
Synonyms : ['break']

49. undergo breaking
The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages;
Synonyms : ['break']

50. find a flaw in
break an alibi; break down a proof;
Synonyms : ['break']

51. find the solution or key to
break the code;
Synonyms : ['break']

52. change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children;
Synonyms : ['break']

53. happen
Report the news as it develops; These political movements recrudesce from time to time;
Synonyms : ['break', 'recrudesce', 'develop']

54. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
The glass cracked when it was heated;
Synonyms : ['crack', 'check', 'break']

55. crack; of the male voice in puberty
his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir;
Synonyms : ['break']

56. fall sharply
stock prices broke;
Synonyms : ['break']

57. fracture a bone of
I broke my foot while playing hockey;
Synonyms : ['fracture', 'break']

58. diminish or discontinue abruptly
The patient's fever broke last night;
Synonyms : ['break']

59. weaken or destroy in spirit or body
His resistance was broken; a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death;
Synonyms : ['break']