fracture a bone of | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion |
weaken or destroy in spirit or body | cause to retch or choke |
diminish or discontinue abruptly | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake |
become separated into pieces or fragments | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
happen | reduce the air supply |
prevent completion | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
terminate or end | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of |
come into being | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled |
stop operating or functioning | be too tight; rub or press |
render inoperable or ineffective | become or cause to become obstructed |
crack; of the male voice in puberty | wring the neck of |
fall sharply | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of |
lessen in force or effect | check or slow down the action or effect of |
destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments | fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation |
make submissive, obedient, or useful | |
be broken in | |
change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another | |
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | |
find the solution or key to | |
find a flaw in | |
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | |
cease an action temporarily | |
be released or become known; of news | |
undergo breaking | |
interrupt the flow of current in | |
surpass in excellence | |
go to pieces | |
ruin completely | |
separate from a clinch, in boxing | |
break a piece from a whole | |
pierce or penetrate | |
destroy the completeness of a set of related items | |
exchange for smaller units of money | |
become punctured or penetrated | |
make the opening shot that scatters the balls | |
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | |
do a break dance | |
curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves | |
move away or escape suddenly | |
scatter or part | |
emerge from the surface of a body of water | |
make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing | |
break down, literally or metaphorically | |
change directions suddenly | |
reduce to bankruptcy | |
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | |
interrupt a continued activity | |
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | |
cause the failure or ruin of | |
invalidate by judicial action | |
enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act | |
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | |
happen or take place | |
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | |
give up | |
cause to give up a habit | |
vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity | |
come forth or begin from a state of latency | |
come to an end | |