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break silence

VERB
say
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add announce answer assert claim convey declare deliver disclose do estimate express maintain mention read repeat reply report respond reveal speak state suggest tell voice
STRONG
affirm allege communicate conjecture divulge flap gab guess imagine imply jaw judge lip opine orate perform pronounce rap recite rehearse relate remark render rumor spiel utter verbalize yak
WEAK
come out with give voice make known put forth put into words
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ask be quiet conceal deny disclaim hide hold keep keep secret listen neglect question refrain request retain suppress withhold
STRONG
fail praise
VERB
speak
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chat communicate convey declare deliver express go say shout tell utter voice whisper
STRONG
allege articulate assert aver blab chew converse descant discourse drawl enunciate expatiate gab gas jaw modulate mouth mumble murmur mutter perorate pronounce rap sound spiel spill state verbalize vocalize yak yammer
WEAK
lip make known make public open one's mouth pop off put into words speak one's piece yakety-yak
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be quiet conceal hold keep retain withhold
STRONG
deny hide mumble praise speak clearly
WEAK
listen
VERB
verbalize
Synonyms
STRONG
articulate blab chat communicate converse enunciate express gab mouth mumble pronounce rap say shout sound state talk tell utter vocalize voice whisper yak yammer
WEAK
make known open one's mouth put into words
Antonyms
STRONG
ask be quiet conceal hide listen mumble question

Example Sentences

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But Ibrahim Sadiq, who has been strongly linked with a move to AZ Alkmaar, scored twice before the break silence a boisterous Pittodrie.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023

It may be unpopular, even in some religious circles, to break silence in the interest of justice, but we must speak.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021

To break silence is a transgression, of sorts, of the uneasy cease-fire that settles over people who were once intimate.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019

Eventually, Harry Truman will break silence and exhort the Democrats to draft Ike as a great gesture of "nonpartisan Americanism."

From Time Magazine Archive

Trust you an instinct silenced long ago That will break silence and enjoin you love What mortified philosophy is hoarse, And all in vain, with bidding you despise?

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald