break the record

: to separate into parts with suddenness or violence

: fracture

to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)

: an act or action of breaking

: the opening shot in a game of pool or billiards

: a gap or opening caused or appearing as if caused by damage : a condition produced by or as if by breaking : gap

: to set down in writing : furnish written evidence of

: to deposit an authentic official copy of

: to state for or as if for the record

: the state or fact of being recorded

: something that records: such as

: something that recalls or relates past events

: of, relating to, or being one that is extraordinary among or surpasses others of its kind

: a function of an electronic device that causes it to record