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The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.

“We broke off shortly after because we were more ambitious,” says Lean.

Riots broke out in 1994, after Iranian authorities replaced a Sunni mosque in Mashad with a development project.

The two sides taunted and insulted each other but with police separating them no violence broke out.

In October, news broke that Regal hired Morgan Stanley to explore a possible sale.

The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.

The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.

The Senora Moreno's heart broke within her, when those words passed her lips to her adored Felipe.

A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.

Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to broke, such as: bankrupt, destitute, insolvent, penniless, beggared, and bust.

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

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