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break (Fracture), verb burst, cave in, comminute, cut, destroy, fissure, fragment, hew, interpenetrate, interrumpere, penetrate, pierce, pulverize, puncture, rend, scatter, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, stave in
Associated concepts: breakage, breaking a close, breaking and entering, burglary, forcible entry and detainer

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break (Separate), verb cleave, crack, detach, disband, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, disjoin, dismantle, dispart, disperse, dissociate, disunite, force apart, force open, get free, get loose, incise, lop, open, part, rive, sever, split, split off, subdivide, sunder, take apart, take to pieces, unbind, unchain, unclinch, unfetter, unknot, unloose, untie
Associated concepts: break in occupancy, break in the chain of events

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break (Violate), verb abscind, be derelict, be guilty of infraction, breach, defy, disobey, disregard, infringe, invade, neglect, trample upon, transgress, trespass

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See also: abandon, absence, adjournment, alienation, argument, breach, cessation, cloture, controversy, damage, digression, disable, disagreement, disassociation, discontinue, estrangement, extension, halt, hiatus, impair, infringe, interrupt, interruption, interval, leave, lull, luxate, moratorium, part, pause, pendency, recess, remission, rend, respite, rift, schism, separate, separation, split, spoil, subdue, transition, violate