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- hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase
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- the final vote broke the deadlock
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- breaks off,
- breaks up,
- cans
- [slang],
- ceases,
- cuts off,
- cuts out,
- desists (from),
- discontinues,
- drops,
- ends,
- gives over,
- halts,
- knocks off,
- lays off,
- leaves off,
- packs (up or in),
- quits,
- shuts off,
- stops
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- blockades,
- blocks,
- dams,
- delays,
- detains,
- hinders,
- holds,
- holds back,
- impedes,
- kiboshes,
- obstructs,
- stems
- arrests,
- brakes,
- checks,
- clamps down,
- reins (in),
- squashes,
- squelches,
- stamps,
- stanches
- (or staunches),
- stunts,
- suppresses,
- turns back
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- the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander
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- Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis
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- she broke from her ruminations to find that it was already dinnertime
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- had to confess that he had broken his promise not to share their conversation with anyone
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- Professor Bates broke the problem when she realized that it was possible to synthesize the necessary compounds
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- I broke a tooth on the hard candy
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- after working for 30 years, the pump simply broke one day
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- the herd of gazelles broke when they saw the lions racing toward them from the ridge above
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- absconds,
- clears out,
- decamps,
- elopes,
- escapes,
- gets (away),
- gets out,
- lams,
- lights out,
- makes off,
- mizzles
- [chiefly British],
- scarpers
- [British],
- scats,
- scrams,
- skips (out),
- skirrs
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- the trek up the mountain just about broke me
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- as soon as the scandal broke, the CEO fled the country
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- another bad investment could break him
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- the crisis had passed, and a new day was breaking
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- the running back broke to his left before running out of bounds
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- distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks
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- a menu with prices that is likely to break the budgets of all but the wealthiest of diners
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breaks
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of breaks (Entry 2 of 2)
- there was a brief break after the first movement as the doors to the concert hall were opened and the latecomers were allowed in
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- most of the students at the boarding school are going home for Christmas break
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- the rancher repaired the break in the fence where the horse had gotten through
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- a guy who just seems to get all the breaks in life
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- a desperate break from that hellhole
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“Breaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaks. Accessed 28 May. 2022.
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