break

Strongest matches

crack, gap, hole

Strong matches

breach, cleft, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gash, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear

Strongest matches

hiatus, intermission, interval, layoff, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension, time off

Strong matches

breakoff, breather, caesura, cutoff, downtime, halt, interlude, lacuna, letup

Weak matches

breathing space, coffee break, time-out

Strongest matches

fight, trouble

Strong matches

alienation, altercation, breach, clash, disaffection, dispute, divergence, estrangement, misunderstanding, rift, rupture, schism, separation, split

Weak match

difference of opinion

Strongest matches

advantage, chance, opening, opportunity, shot

Strong matches

accident, fortune, luck, occasion

Weak matches

favorable circumstances, good luck, stroke of luck

Strongest matches

burst, crack, crash, crush, damage, fracture, separate, sever, shatter, smash, snap, split, tear

Strong matches

annihilate, batter, bust, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, fragment, part, rend, shiver, splinter, torpedo, total, trash

Weak matches

bust up, finish off, make hash of, make mincemeat of, pull to pieces

Strongest matches

breach, violate

Strong matches

contravene, disobey, disregard, infract, infringe, offend, transgress

Weak match

renege on

Strong matches

bankrupt, bust, confound, confute, controvert, cow, cripple, degrade, demerit, demoralize, demote, dispirit, disprove, downgrade, enervate, enfeeble, humiliate, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, pauperize, rebut, reduce, refute, ruin, subdue, tame, undermine

Weak matches

declass, disconfirm

Strongest matches

abandon, cut, give up

Strong matches

discontinue, interrupt, pause, rest, suspend

Strong matches

announce, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit

Weak matches

come out, let out, make public, pass on

Strongest match

surpass

Strong matches

beat, cap, exceed, excel, outdo, outstrip, top

Weak match

go beyond

Strongest matches

emerge, happen

Strong matches

appear, befall, betide, chance, develop, erupt, occur, transpire

Weak matches

burst out, come forth, come off, come to pass

Strongest match

escape

Strong matches

abscond, dash, decamp, flee, fly

Weak matches

bust out, clear out, cut and run, get away, get out

Strongest match

weaken

Strong matches

diminish, lessen, lighten, moderate, reduce, soften