English > breakage: 3 senses > noun 3, act| Meaning | The act of breaking something. |
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| Example | "the breakage was unavoidable" |
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| Synonyms | break, breaking |
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| Narrower | chip, chipping, splintering | The act of chipping something |
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| fracture, crack, cracking | The act of cracking something |
| rupture | The act of making a sudden noisy break |
| smashing, shattering | The act of breaking something into small pieces |
| Broader | change of integrity | The act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
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| Spanish | fractura, quebrantamiento, quiebra, ruptura |
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| Catalan | fraccionament, ruptura, trencadura, trencament, trenc |
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| Verbs | break | render inoperable or ineffective |
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| break | destroy the integrity of |
| break | ruin completely |
| break | break a piece from a whole |
