Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.

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Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..
Disruptive :: Disruptive (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery..
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Parbreak :: Parbreak (v. i. & t.) To throw out; to vomit.
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition..
Continuous :: Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Rout :: Rout (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout..
Fission :: Fission (n.) A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces..
Iconoclasm :: Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
Sulk :: Suleah fish () A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah..
Break :: Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice..
Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..
Disestablish :: Disestablish (v. t.) To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
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