break

to act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

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

to happen or take place

to fail to agree with

to give up

to cause to give up a habit

to vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

to weaken or destroy in spirit or body

to fracture a bone of

to make submissive, obedient, or useful

to be broken in

to crack something

to become separated into pieces or fragments

to destroy the integrity of

to lessen in force or effect

to stop operating or functioning

to change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

to find the solution or key to

to find a flaw in

to interrupt the flow of current in

to cease an action temporarily

to be released or become known

to pierce or penetrate

to become punctured or penetrated

to break a piece from a whole

to go to pieces

to ruin completely

to separate from a clinch, in boxing

to make the opening shot that scatters the balls

to destroy the completeness of a set of related items

to exchange for smaller units of money

to force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

to do a break dance

to curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

to break down, literally or metaphorically

to emerge from the surface of a body of water

to scatter or part

to make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

to move away or escape suddenly

to change directions suddenly

to reduce to bankruptcy

to discontinue an association or relation

to invalidate by judicial action

to interrupt a continued activity

to cause the failure or ruin of