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nounthe act of breaking somethingtype of:
Definition that contains breaking
- break breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- fracture breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- unorthodox breaking with convention or tradition
- deactivation breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
- dissipation breaking up and scattering by dispersion
- inactivation breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
- cost analysis breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately
- bronco busting breaking a bronco to saddle
- decampment breaking camp
- aposiopesis breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)