Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

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Infract :: Infract (v. t.) To break; to infringe.
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Wind-break :: Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag..
Crumble :: Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Heartbreaking :: Heartbreaking (a.) Causing overpowering sorrow.
Transgress :: Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral..
Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..
Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship..
Violate :: Violate (v. t.) To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe..
Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts..
Breakneck :: Breakneck (n.) A fall that breaks the neck.
Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..
Rider :: Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall..
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
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