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to end.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny."},{"definition":"(of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Morning has broken."},{"definition":"To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess."},{"definition":"To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?"},{"definition":"To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"break a seal"},{"definition":"To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The cavalry were not able to break the British squares."},{"definition":"(of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To burst forth; 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to crack.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His voice breaks when he gets emotional."},{"definition":"To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He broke the men's 100-meter record."},{"definition":":","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To end (a connection), to disconnect.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back."},{"definition":"(of an emulsion) To demulsify.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To counter-attack","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fail in business; to become bankrupt.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to break flax"},{"definition":"To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to break into a run or gallop"},{"definition":"To fall out; to terminate friendship.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["crack","fracture","burst","bust","shatter","shear","smash","split","break down","bust","fail","go down","contravene","go against","violate","break in","subject","tame"],"antonyms":["hold","assemble","fix","join","mend","put together","repair"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/break","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breaks"]}]