Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.

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Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf..
Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather..
Inbreak :: Inbreak (n.) Alt. of Inbreakin.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..
Malacosteon :: Malacosteon (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run..
Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters..
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts..
Oathbreaking :: Oathbreaking (n.) The violation of an oath; perjury.
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..
Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..
Breakneck :: Breakneck (n.) A steep place endangering the neck.
Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. t.) To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences..
Crase :: Crase (v. t.) To break in pieces; to crack.
Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones.
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