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  1. noun
    (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
    "he was up two breaks in the second set"

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  2. noun
    breaking of hard tissue such as bone
    "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

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  3. verb
    enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

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  4. verb
    be released or become known; of news

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  5. verb
    fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

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  6. noun
    an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
    "it was presented without commercial breaks"
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  7. verb
    lessen in force or effect
    "break a fall"

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  8. noun
    an escape from jail
    "the breakout was carefully planned"
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  9. verb
    interrupt a continued activity

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  10. verb
    force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
    "break into tears"

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  11. noun
    any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
    "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"

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  12. verb
    go to pieces
  13. verb
    ruin completely

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  14. verb
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    "break a law" "break a promise"
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  15. verb
    become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

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  16. verb
    do a break dance
    "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
  17. verb
    prevent completion
    "break off the negotiations"
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  18. verb
    become separated into pieces or fragments
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  19. verb
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
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  20. verb
    terminate
    "break a lucky streak" "break the cycle of poverty"

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  21. verb
    surpass in excellence
    "break a record"

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  22. verb
    discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  23. noun
    the act of breaking something
    "the breakage was unavoidable"

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  24. verb
    happen

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  25. verb
    break down, literally or metaphorically
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  26. noun
    a pause from doing something (as work)
    "we took a 10-minute break"

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  27. verb
    stop operating or functioning
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  28. verb
    fracture a bone of

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  29. verb
    reduce to bankruptcy
    "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"

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  30. verb
    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  31. noun
    (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
  32. verb
    break a piece from a whole
    "break a branch from a tree"

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  33. verb
    make submissive, obedient, or useful
    "The horse was tough to break"

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  34. noun
    a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
  35. verb
    move away or escape suddenly
    "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

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  36. noun
    a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
    "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
  37. noun
    some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
    "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

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  38. verb
    destroy the completeness of a set of related items
    "The book dealer would not break the set"

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  39. verb
    cease an action temporarily
    "let's break for lunch"

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  40. noun
    an unexpected piece of good luck
    "he finally got his big break"

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  41. noun
    an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
    "then there was a break in her voice"
  42. noun
    a sudden dash
    "he made a break for the open door"
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  43. verb
    be broken in
    "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
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  44. verb
    become punctured or penetrated
  45. verb
    cause the failure or ruin of
    "This play will either make or break the playwright"
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  46. verb
    cause to give up a habit
  47. verb
    change directions suddenly
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  48. verb
    change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
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  49. verb
    come forth or begin from a state of latency
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  50. verb
    come into being
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  51. verb
    come to an end
  52. verb
    crack; of the male voice in puberty
    "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
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  53. verb
    curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
  54. verb
    destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
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  55. verb
    diminish or discontinue abruptly
  56. verb
    emerge from the surface of a body of water
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  57. verb
    exchange for smaller units of money
    "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
  58. verb
    fall sharply
  59. verb
    find a flaw in
    "break an alibi" "break down a proof"
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  60. verb
    find the solution or key to
    "break the code"
  61. verb
    give up
    "break cigarette smoking"
  62. verb
    happen or take place
    "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
  63. verb
    interrupt the flow of current in
    "break a circuit"
  64. verb
    invalidate by judicial action
  65. verb
    make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
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  66. verb
    make the opening shot that scatters the balls
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  67. verb
    pierce or penetrate
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  68. verb
    render inoperable or ineffective
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  69. verb
    scatter or part
  70. verb
    separate from a clinch, in boxing
  71. noun
    the occurrence of breaking
    "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
  72. noun
    the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
  73. verb
    undergo breaking
  74. verb
    vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
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  75. verb
    weaken or destroy in spirit or body
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