Synonyms of BREAK

noun - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

noun - an unexpected piece of good luck

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

noun - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

noun - a pause from doing something (as work)

noun - the act of breaking something

noun - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

noun - breaking of hard tissue such as bone

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

noun - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

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

noun - an escape from jail

verb - terminate

verb - become separated into pieces or fragments

verb - ruin completely

verb - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

verb - move away or escape suddenly

verb - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

verb - prevent completion

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

verb - make submissive, obedient, or useful

verb - fail to agree with

verb - surpass in excellence

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

verb - stop operating or functioning

verb - interrupt a continued activity

verb - lessen in force or effect

verb - discontinue an association or relation

verb - assign to a lower position

verb - reduce to bankruptcy

verb - break down, literally or metaphorically

verb - do a break dance

verb - destroy the completeness of a set of related items

verb - go to pieces

verb - break a piece from a whole

verb - be released or become known

verb - cease an action temporarily

verb - happen

verb - become fractured

verb - fracture a bone of

Synonyms of BREAK