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breaking
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Synonyms:
bursting, splitting, cracking, rending, riving, sundering, parting, severing, dissevering, exploding, erupting, shattering, splintering, fracturing, tearing, cleaving, snapping, separating, smashing, shivering, crashing, disintegrating, crumbling, collapsing, caving in, dispersing, busting, going to pot, ripping, fragmenting, rupturing
Antonyms:
strong Collocations, stable Collocations, solid Collocations, enduring Collocations, functioning
Sense: A fracture
Synonyms:
cleavage Collocations, rupture, separating, division Collocations, fracture, separation, split Collocations, dividing, rupturing, cleaving, fracturing, shattering, smashing, crushing, crack Collocations, fissure, tear Collocations, tearing, snapping, snap Collocations, compound fracture, open fracture, severing
Antonyms:
attachment Collocations, union Collocations, closure Collocations, closing Collocations, healing Collocations
Sense: A violation
Synonyms:
transgressing, breach Collocations, shattering, violating, violation, undoing, transgression, infraction, contravention, law-breaking, crime Collocations, infringement Collocations, offense, offence (UK), disregard Collocations, trespass, sin Collocations, disobedience, nonobservance
Antonyms:
compliance Collocations, following Collocations, observance, conformity with


break
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Sense: Verb: shatter
Synonyms:
shatter Collocations, crack Collocations, fragment, burst Collocations, splinter Collocations, disintegrate, fracture
Sense: Verb: fall apart
Synonyms:
fall apart, come apart, break apart, break up, disintegrate, separate Collocations, fall to bits, fall to pieces
Sense: Verb: cause to break
Synonyms:
bust Collocations (informal), smash Collocations, shatter Collocations, fracture, separate Collocations, crack Collocations, split Collocations
Sense: Verb: break in two
Synonyms:
break in two, snap Collocations, split Collocations, crack sth open
Antonyms:
fix Collocations, put together, put back together, rebuild, repair Collocations, reconstruct
Sense: Verb: stop working
Synonyms:
stop working, stop functioning, pack up (UK, slang), go on the blink (UK, slang), go on the fritz (slang), conk out (slang), give out, die Collocations, fail Collocations, cut out, break down
Sense: Verb: violate
Synonyms:
violate, breach Collocations, infringe, disobey, disregard Collocations, defy Collocations, fracture, fail to observe, go against, transgress, contravene, flout, offend
Antonyms:
comply with, follow Collocations, conform to, obey, observe
Sense: Verb: interrupt
Synonyms:
interrupt Collocations, disrupt Collocations, interfere with
Antonyms:
continue Collocations, advance Collocations, proceed Collocations, drive Collocations, propel Collocations
Sense: Verb: take a break
Synonyms:
take a break, have a break (UK), take a breather (informal), pause Collocations, rest Collocations, stop Collocations, take five (slang)
Sense: Verb: surpass
Synonyms:
surpass Collocations, beat Collocations, top Collocations, one-up (informal), better Collocations, exceed Collocations, transcend, outdo, outstrip, eclipse, outshine
Sense: Verb: discontinue
Synonyms:
discontinue, end Collocations, cease Collocations, halt Collocations, cut off, cut out, shut off, break up, break off
Sense: Verb: give up - bad habits, etc.
Synonyms:
give up, quit Collocations, stop Collocations, kick Collocations (informal), shake Collocations, drop Collocations
Sense: Verb: tremble - voice
Synonyms:
tremble Collocations, falter Collocations, shake Collocations, stutter Collocations, waver, quiver Collocations, wobble Collocations, crack Collocations
Sense: Verb: divulge
Synonyms:
divulge, disclose Collocations, reveal Collocations, tell Collocations, say Collocations, let out, spill Collocations (informal), let slip (informal), make known, make sth public, release Collocations, announce
Antonyms:
keep secret, suppress Collocations, conceal Collocations, hide Collocations
Sense: Verb: decipher
Synonyms:
decipher, crack Collocations, work out, decrypt, unscramble, decode
Sense: Verb: subdue
Synonyms:
subdue Collocations, weaken Collocations, demoralize, demoralise (UK), dispirit, sap Collocations, suppress Collocations, cow Collocations, enfeeble, undermine Collocations
Sense: Verb: begin
Synonyms:
begin Collocations, commence Collocations, dawn Collocations, start Collocations
Antonyms:
Sense: Noun: effect of breaking
Synonyms:
crack Collocations, split Collocations, fracture, fissure, rift Collocations, breach Collocations, rent Collocations
Antonyms:
patch Collocations, repair Collocations, closure Collocations, closing Collocations
Sense: Noun: gap
Synonyms:
gap Collocations, opening Collocations, separation, discontinuity, interval, void Collocations, hole Collocations
Sense: Noun: pause
Synonyms:
pause Collocations, lapse Collocations, lull Collocations, intermission, recess Collocations, letup (informal), let-up (informal)
Antonyms:
persistence, prolongation, extension Collocations, continuation
Sense: Noun: rest
Synonyms:
rest Collocations, breather, respite Collocations, downtime Collocations, time out, recess Collocations, playtime (UK), smoke-oh (AU, informal), cigarette break
Sense: Noun: time off
Synonyms:
time off, vacation Collocations (US), holiday Collocations (UK), trip Collocations, time away
Sense: Noun: stroke of luck - often plural
Synonyms:
stroke of luck, stroke of fortune, luck Collocations, lucky break, fortune Collocations
Antonyms:
bad luck, setback Collocations, hardship Collocations, misfortune, hard times
Sense: Noun: separation - couples
Synonyms:
separation, time apart, parting, breakup, break-up, split Collocations
Antonyms:
marriage Collocations, union Collocations, connection Collocations, friendship Collocations


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