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broken

adjective as in discontinuous

adjective as in mentally defeated

adjective as in forgotten, ignored (promise)

adjective as in stuttering in speech

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Example Sentences

It’s no longer neat and clean, but rather it’s a mess of obsolete content, 404 errors, broken links, and other online debris.

The ichthyosaur’s fossilized body and head, while well preserved, are detached from one another, hinting that the animal may have died of a broken neck.

A week and a half into what has become the most widespread protests against the existing political order, you don’t see broken windows or burned-out cars.

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Tweed traveled to the state capital Tallahassee for a drive-around rally to protest the broken system.

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Performances have resulted in torn Achilles tendons and broken backs.

His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.

His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.

A grand jury investigated but found Foster had broken no law.

How many husbands, wives, sons, and daughters have we lost to a broken system?

And besides, as a nation, we hold this truth to be self-evident:  resolutions are made to be broken.

In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.

On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.

Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?

Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.

But I am afraid you would very soon get tired of us, and I ought to tell you, frankly, that our little home is to be—a broken up.

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On this page you'll find 202 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to broken, such as: busted, collapsed, cracked, crumbled, crushed, and damaged.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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