break

Verb - Basic Senses

• I. to divide or sever into parts; to fragment.
  
• II. to destroy the cohesion of; shatter; crush.
  
• III. to violate.
  
• IV. to make a way through; open up.
  
• V. to rupture a union or continuity.
  
• VI. to sever or remove by breaking; to break with; to break off.
  
• VII. to burst suddenly.
  
• Phrases and Compounds