break
- fissure, opening n.
- interruption of activity n.
- change from friendly to unfriendly relationship n.
- lucky happening n.
- destroy; make whole into pieces v.
- violate law v.
- weaken, cause instability v.
- stop an action v.
- tell news v.
- better a performance v.
- emerge, happen v.
- run away v.
- weaken something's effect v.
Example Sentences
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The clash signifies a significant break in the relationship between Smith and the NABJ, which hosted Smith and live broadcasts of his show at its 2024 and 2025 conventions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In November, Davis suggested the roommates break out of their rut by working their way through the cuisines of every country in the world at local restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
By her own record-breaking expectations, Hodgkinson's outdoor season has not lived up to the excellent indoor campaign which fuelled excitement that she could break the sport's longest-standing mark.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Scientists have long known that dietary fiber contributes to these benefits because gut microbes help break it down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Brandishing their bows above his head, he gripped them at both ends as if to break them in two.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Monahan described the soldiers as "doing an utterly phenomenal job digging trenches and also helping us build fire breaks".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
At which point all Midwestern hell breaks loose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
This breaks down everything you need to think about money to one question: “What is the money for?”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
She’s so heavily involved in his football activities that she watches and breaks down film with him and comes to practices to support him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mrs. Bessermann breaks up the fuss between Janek and Dziusia.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
These include - but are in no way limited to - the level of downforce chosen at front and rear, the settings for the suspension and differential, and brake pad and disc material.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was a planned move, kind of a Ricky Bobby “Shake and Bake,” forcing Niewiadoma-Phinney to brake and cool her momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Gaik Pobokhian, when she mistook the gas and brake pedals and hit the gas pedal “way too hard.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
This process acted as a natural brake on warming for millions of years and helped move Earth toward its present cooler climate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Liam reached over and put the parking brake on.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Two people have died and an evacuation is under way after two fires broke out within minutes of each other on a Greek island near Athens.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
More than 100 firefighters and two water bombing planes battled through the night to contain a major forest fire that broke out on Friday on the Croatian island of Dugi otok, threatening many homes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Released 50 years ago this month, the album broke industry sales records, becoming the best-selling debut in U.S. history at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
In Hampshire, firefighters spent a sixth day tackling a wildfire in the New Forest, Hampshire, which broke out on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s not what she said that time I broke a lamp playing Nerf football in the house.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Families have reported food shortages, problems with drinking water, broken showers and laundry facilities and growing psychological strain among the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Opponents of the plant, many of whom live in the area, are livid and say it is the latest in a string of broken promises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Monga is not part of BBC Sport's 14-player sample because he had already broken into Leicester's first team.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She suffered a traumatic brain injury and a broken elbow and needed three blood transfusions and skin grafts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Half its windows seemed to have been broken and replaced with rags.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Military helicopters backed by tractors on the ground hauled water Sunday to help firefighters tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildfire, which mushroomed in size since breaking out two days earlier in a hard-to-access nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Video taken at the port in Maumere - the largest town in Flores - showed large chunks of concrete breaking off the terminal building onto passengers waiting to board an inter-island ferry.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The 426-foot blast gave him 131 career home runs in Chavez Ravine — breaking a tie with Eric Karros for the most in Dodger Stadium history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Police are also investigating reports that a Montenegro-based British financier, who served eight months in a U.S. prison for fraud, made donations to Reform via his mother, potentially breaking disclosure rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I get that. We did a whole section on the Holocaust last year. I could actually feel my heart breaking, just reading about all the horrific things that happened.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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