Definitions
To split, interrupt, pause, or damage something.
Word origin
From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray.
Used in a sentence
“If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.”
“In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.”
“His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.”
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