Synonyms of broke
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as in impoverished 
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as in disrupted
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as in ended
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as in demoted
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as in deciphered
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as in paused
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as in plowed
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as in violated
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as in solved
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as in damaged
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as in died
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as in retreated
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as in wore
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as in circulated
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as in ruined
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as in began
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as in veered
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as in reduced
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as in exceeded
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as in surfaced
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as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions
too broke to afford even a used car
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as in disrupted
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase
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as in ended
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
the final vote broke the deadlock
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as in demoted
to bring to a lower grade or rank
the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander
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as in deciphered
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis
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as in paused
to come to a temporary halt in one's activity
she broke from her ruminations to find that it was already dinnertime
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as in plowed
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 violated
to fail to keep
had to confess that he had broken his promise not to share their conversation with anyone
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as in solved
to find an answer for through reasoning
Professor Bates broke the problem when she realized that it was possible to synthesize the necessary compounds
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as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
I broke a tooth on the hard candy
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as in died
to stop functioning
after working for 30 years, the pump simply broke one day
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as in retreated
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the herd of gazelles broke when they saw the lions racing toward them from the ridge above
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as in wore
to use up all the physical energy of
the trek up the mountain just about broke me
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as in circulated
to become known
as soon as the scandal broke, the CEO fled the country
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as in ruined
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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as in began
to come into existence
the crisis had passed, and a new day was breaking
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as in veered
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the running back broke to his left before running out of bounds
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as in reduced
to diminish the price or value of
distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks
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as in exceeded
to go beyond the limit of
a menu with prices that is likely to break the budgets of all but the wealthiest of diners
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Recent Examples of broke
Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Back then, when a team went broke, finding a new place for it was hard.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Todd was attending a house party on June 17 with a friend when police broke the party up, according to his friend and his mother.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The phone calls are like guerrilla attacks: her mother is broke and wants the house in Napanee.
—Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
Back then, when a team went broke, finding a new place for it was hard.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
Last year, ground broke at a property on B Street near Ellis Lake for which officials had spent years seeking development.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Todd was attending a house party on June 17 with a friend when police broke the party up, according to his friend and his mother.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for broke
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Shooting scenes in wide or medium shots that sometimes break into Hsiao-Lee’s harrowing point-of-view, cinematographer Yu Jing-Pin depicts a world without much color or hope, while sets by Huang Mei-Ching and Tu Shuo-Feng emphasize a sad and impoverished existence.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Each serves a high rate of students from impoverished households, and families within the schools' boundaries can choose to attend those schools or receive a bus to a second school option based on their address.—
Krista Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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And while those enforcement actions have not yet translated into criminal cases or fines against the employers, the raids themselves in some cases significantly disrupted business operations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Muscle cramps and playing surfaces As muscles fatigue, the normal balance between signals in the nervous system that direct muscles to contract and relax become disrupted.—
Michael Hales,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Once the inning ended a few minutes later, New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza met Manaea in the dugout and led him down the tunnel.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Hearing for ethics complaint investigation findings delayed The Wausau Ethics Board ended its own investigation into the incident in July.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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While the case garnered global acclaim, Captain Terauchi was demoted to a desk job for ’embarrassing’ the airline, only to be reinstated later.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Royals will need to decide which player will be demoted to make room.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
1 Sep. 2025
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Those sent on the trip filmed and recorded their upcoming opponents' signs, which Stalions then deciphered.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Metabolism has grown into one of the biggest buzzwords in the wellness industry — a tricky code that, if deciphered, is believed to unlock the secrets of weight loss and overall health.—
Lauren Kim,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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The high court's order paused Ali's ruling that the $4 billion be spent before the end of the month.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Poland also paused operations at four airports, including its main hub in Warsaw.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Farmers plowed up lead and iron shrapnel and even whole hand grenades by the pallet every harvest season.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Investors have plowed close to $350 million in the space with a new crop of startups like Omi and Limitless releasing wearables, while Amazon just snapped up Bee, a tiny note-taking device startup, for an undisclosed amount.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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However, a Minnesota court struck down the binary trigger ban, arguing that the legislature violated the state constitution’s single-subject clause by burying the ban inside a sprawling spending bill.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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And Congress is unlikely to grant him new tariff powers after the courts just ruled that doing so unilaterally violated the separation of powers.—
Brett Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broke. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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