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Word entry · 5 letters

break

Best crossword clue

"Separate suddenly"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɹeɪk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abekrStarts with BEnds with K1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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