break#10 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def destroy the integrity of
def usually by force
def cause to separate into pieces or fragments
examples He broke the glass plate
She broke the match
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Verb Group break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
Hypernym separate, divide
Derivationally related form break → breakable; break → breakage; break → breaker
Derivationally related form break → break
Hyponym shatter; fracture; break in; smash, dash
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Derivationally related form breakable → break; breakage → break; breaker → break
Derivationally related form break → break
Hypernym shatter; fracture; break in; smash, dash
Verb Group break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
Hyponym separate, divide

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