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broken
adjective as in destroyed; made into pieces from a whole
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busted, collapsed, cracked, crumbled, crushed, damaged, defective, demolished, destroyed, fractured, fragmented, injured, mangled, mutilated, ruptured, severed, shattered, smashed, splintered
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burst, disintegrated, dismembered, pulverized, rent, riven, separated, shivered, shredded, slivered, split
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adjective as in discontinuous
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erratic, fragmentary, incomplete, intermittent, irregular, spasmodic, spastic
adjective as in mentally defeated
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browbeaten, defeated, demoralized, depressed, discouraged, disheartened, humbled, oppressed, overpowered, subdued, tamed, vanquished
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adjective as in not working
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coming unstuck, fallen apart, feeble, gone to pieces, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, inoperative, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, run down, screwed-up, unsatisfactory, weak
adjective as in forgotten, ignored (promise)
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abandoned, dishonored, disobeyed, disregarded, ignored, infringed, retracted, traduced, transgressed, violated
adjective as in stuttering in speech
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Example Sentences
But the Sunday after Thanksgiving will be the day to watch to see if the record can be broken again.
The team found that discarded Teflon can be broken apart and reused with only sodium metal and mechanical movement by shaking -- all at room temperature and without toxic solvents.
The National Audit Office described the wider Send system as "broken" in a wide-ranging report last year, and said it was "not delivering positive outcomes for children and young people" despite huge increases in funding.
In autophagy, damaged or unnecessary proteins are enclosed in small membrane-bound vesicles and then broken down safely by enzymes, effectively recycling cellular components.
Two months earlier, Smith had broken his throwing hand.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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