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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Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..
Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat..
Dismember :: Dismember (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley..
Short :: Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry..
Crankle :: Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle..
Rail :: Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..
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..
Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) a rock breake.
Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Breakneck :: Breakneck (n.) A steep place endangering the neck.
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed..
Part :: Part (n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word..
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