| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash* |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
Antonyms: |
attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate law |
Synonyms: |
breach, contravene, disobey, disregard, infract, infringe, offend, renege on, transgress, violate |
Antonyms: |
agree, obey |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken, cause instability |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bust, confound, confute, controvert, cow, cripple, declass, degrade, demerit, demoralize, demote, disconfirm, dispirit, disprove, downgrade, enervate, enfeeble, humiliate, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, pauperize, rebut, reduce, refute, ruin, subdue, tame, undermine |
Antonyms: |
stabilize, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop an action |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cut, discontinue, give up, interrupt, pause, rest, suspend |
Antonyms: |
allow, cause |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell news |
Synonyms: |
announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit |
Antonyms: |
hide, keep quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better a performance |
Synonyms: |
beat, cap, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, surpass, top |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emerge, happen |
Synonyms: |
appear, befall, betide, burst out, chance, come forth, come off, come to pass, develop, erupt, go, occur, transpire |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away |
Synonyms: |
abscond, bust out, clear out, cut and run, dash, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, get out |
Antonyms: |
stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cushion something's effect |
Synonyms: |
diminish, lessen, lighten, moderate, reduce, soften, weaken |
| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |