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  • 21break — break1 [ breık ] (past tense broke [ brouk ] ; past participle broken [ broukən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 separate into pieces ▸ 2 fail to obey rules ▸ 3 make a hole/cut ▸ 4 destroy someone s confidence ▸ 5 when people learn news ▸ 6 stop for a short time …

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  • 22break */*/*/ — I UK [breɪk] / US verb Word forms break : present tense I/you/we/they break he/she/it breaks present participle breaking past tense broke UK [brəʊk] / US [broʊk] past participle broken UK [ˈbrəʊkən] / US [ˈbroʊkən] 1) [transitive] to make… …

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  • 23break — I. verb (broke; broken; breaking) Etymology: Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; akin to Old High German brehhan to break, Latin frangere Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to separate into parts with suddenness or… …

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  • 24break — 1 /breIk/ verb past tense broke, past participle broken 1 IN PIECES a) (T) to make something separate into two or more pieces, for example by hitting it, dropping it, or bending it: The thieves got in by breaking a window. | break sth in two/in… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25break — 1. v. & n. v. (past broke or archaic brake; past part. broken or archaic broke) 1 tr. & intr. a separate into pieces under a blow or strain; shatter. b make or become inoperative, esp. from damage (the toaster has broken). c break a bone in or… …

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  • 26break — 1. verb 1) the mirror broke Syn: shatter, smash, crack, snap, fracture, fragment, splinter, fall to bits, fall to pieces; split, burst; informal bust 2) she had broken her leg Syn …

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  • 27Break-action — A break action firearm is one whose barrels are hinged, and rotate perpendicular to the bore axis to expose the breech and allow loading and unloading of ammunition. A separate operation may be required for the cocking of a hammer to fire the new …

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  • 28Break the Bank (1985) — Infobox Television show name = Break the Bank genre = Game show writer = Rob Lloyd director = Richard S. Kline starring = Gene Rayburn (1985) Joe Farago (1985 6) narrated = Michael Hanks country = USA language = English executive producer =… …

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  • 29break —   There is no general term; the main usages follow.   1. As a stick or bones broken in two. Ha i, haha i, uha i, haki, hahaki, hakihaki, uhaki; manunu; break easily, ha i wale.   2. As a flat surface split or broken into pieces. Wāhi; wāwahi (for …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 30break — 1. verb 1) Syn: shatter, smash, crack, snap, fracture, fragment, splinter, split, burst; informal bust 2) the coffee machine has broken Syn: stop working, break down, give out …

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