(broke, bro.ken) 1

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{f} break
To counter-attack
A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime

Let’s take a five-minute break.

To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor

Letting white have three extra queens would break chess.

To cause a person or animal to lose his/her/its will, usually obtained by means of torture.right
To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop
be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind
make the opening shot that scatters the balls destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss
exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"
when a team quickly advances the ball down the field in an attempt to get its players near the opponent's goal before the defenders have a chance to retreat; also called an advantage
A projection or recess from the face of a building
If you break your journey somewhere, you stop there for a short time so that you can have a rest. Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel
To break someone means to destroy their determination and courage, their success, or their career. He never let his jailers break him Ken's wife, Vicki, said: `He's a broken man.' = destroy
If you break with a group of people or a traditional way of doing things, or you break your connection with them, you stop being involved with that group or stop doing things in that way. In 1959, Akihito broke with imperial tradition by marrying a commoner They were determined to break from precedent They have yet to break the link with the trade unions. Break is also a noun. Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture
change directions suddenly invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"
lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
Of a bone, to cause to crack under physical strain
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