Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..

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Brittleness :: Brittleness (n.) Aptness to break; fragility.
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word..
Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal..
Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
Outbreaking :: Outbreaking (n.) That which bursts forth.
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown..
Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up..
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..
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Roughrider :: Roughrider (n.) One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Elide :: Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument..
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