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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Recent Examples of broken
Adjective
For those who reside anywhere with broken pavement and steep curb cuts, the lack of a mechanism for lifting the Volante’s front end seems like an oversight, especially since the car’s enhanced hood length and deep seating position place that area at greater risk due to the driver’s perspective.—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025 Some CEOs step directly into their roles, but some of us got here the long way—by fixing broken processes, building systems ourselves and earning trust on the front lines before becoming CEO.—Raja Walia, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
In the premiere of episode, she’s broken.—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 Henry is broken, a shattered man, and there might not be any way to put him back together again.—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for broken
Henry is broken, a shattered man, and there might not be any way to put him back together again.
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Jorma Taccone, the Lonely Island member and former Saturday Night Live writer, suffered a shattered pelvis and a detached sacrum in a 20-foot fall from a ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut.
Most of the surface is made up of a fine dust with jagged edges because it hasn’t been weathered by wind or water.
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Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.
When asked why all shoppers didn’t get the notice, an Amazon spokesperson said the notice was sent to customers who registered for the Prime Invitee Program between the program's launch in 2009 and 2015, when the program stopped accepting new members.
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Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Providence is on a mission after being stopped two years in a row in the supersectional round.
Those sent on the trip filmed and recorded their upcoming opponents' signs, which Stalions then deciphered.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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.
The AfD was classified as a right-wing extremist organization by Germany's spy agency in May, but the description has been paused because of an appeal pending in court.
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Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
While some borrowers may be opting to keep their payments paused, others who want to get out of the SAVE forbearance are struggling to do so, Kantrowitz said.
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