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