breaking

present participle of break
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as in plowing
to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement farmers once broke fields with horse-drawn plows

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as in bankrupting
to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts another bad investment could break him

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“Breaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaking. Accessed 9 Jun. 2023.

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