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Synonyms for breaking
ˈbreɪ kɪŋbreak·ing

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  1. breakage, break, breakingnoun

    the act of breaking something

    "the breakage was unavoidable"

    Synonyms:
    recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, gaolbreak, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, interruption, shift, break, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, disruption, jailbreak, gap, falling out, prisonbreak, breakage, rupture, intermission, breakout

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  1. breakingnoun

    Synonyms:
    rupture, fracture

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  1. breakingnoun

    Synonyms:
    fracture, rupture, breach, infraction, violation

    Associated words:
    brittle, frangible, frangibility, tenacious, tenacity, inviolable, inviolability

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How to use breaking in a sentence?

  1. President Barack Obama:

    When you have a privilege of playing in a sports league and people looking up to you, you've got responsibilities to the fans and your employers and you've got to be treated the way other people are treated when you do make mistakes, and some of those mistakes are ones that are very serious where you're breaking the law.

  2. Curt Miller:

    She is the elite rebounder in the world when she plays, she anchored a historic rebounding season for us. She’s the main piece for that. We hung our hat on that. The record-breaking type of season we had rebounding wise is a contributing factor to our win-loss success.

  3. Scott Durkin:

    If you've got something that has the elements of the strong weather or... subject to heavy winds and waves breaking and beach erosion, you have to really think twice. You may want to get the inspection on the way in before you even negotiate, just so you know for yourself.

  4. Resident Ed Mis:

    I actually had to go out a secondary door and then chisel my way back into the house by breaking the ice.

  5. Owen Harrington:

    He put his focus on Brayden and made time for him, talked to him, explained that it doesn't define him, he's stronger, that he's a good person, it was really overwhelming for Brayden. He started breaking down a little bit.


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