'break' in a sentence

: some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

: an unexpected piece of good luck

: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

: a pause from doing something (as work)

: the act of breaking something

: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

: breaking of hard tissue such as bone

: the occurrence of breaking

: an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

: the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

: (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

: a sudden dash

: any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

: an escape from jail

: terminate or end

: become separated into pieces or fragments

: render inoperable or ineffective

: ruin completely

: destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

: move away or escape suddenly

: scatter or part

: force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

: prevent completion

: enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

: make submissive, obedient, or useful

: fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

: surpass in excellence

: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

: come into being

: stop operating or functioning

: interrupt a continued activity

: make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

: curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

: lessen in force or effect

: be broken in

: come to an end

: vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

: cause to give up a habit

: give up

: come forth or begin from a state of latency

: happen or take place

: cause the failure or ruin of

: invalidate by judicial action

: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

: reduce to bankruptcy

: change directions suddenly

: emerge from the surface of a body of water

: break down, literally or metaphorically

: do a break dance

: exchange for smaller units of money

: destroy the completeness of a set of related items

: make the opening shot that scatters the balls

: separate from a clinch, in boxing

: go to pieces

: break a piece from a whole

: become punctured or penetrated

: pierce or penetrate

: be released or become known; of news

: cease an action temporarily

: interrupt the flow of current in

: undergo breaking

: find a flaw in

: find the solution or key to

: change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

: happen

: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

: crack; of the male voice in puberty

: fall sharply

: fracture a bone of

: diminish or discontinue abruptly

: weaken or destroy in spirit or body