Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

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Indican :: Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
Friation :: Friation (n.) The act of breaking up or pulverizing.
Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc..
Parting :: Parting (n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence..
Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..
Crumb :: Crumb (v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread..
Elide :: Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Craze :: Craze (v. t.) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
Decamp :: Decamp (v. i.) To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly..
Hack :: Hack (n.) An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.
Break :: Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn..
Smash :: Smash (v. t.) To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up..
Dissociation :: Dissociation (n.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf..
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