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n. breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

n. the act of cracking something

n. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

crack

v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

schism, split

n. division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

breach

n. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

burst, bust, shatter

v. "The wine glass shattered"

break, burst, erupt

v. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

splinter, sliver, break into splinters

v. break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

pull, rip, rive, rend

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

splinter, break away, secede

v. withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

break, break away

v. interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

adjust, conform, adapt

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

chip, come off, break off, chip off, break away

v. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

split, tear, cleave, rive

v. part

cleave, make by cutting into

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

catch, grab, take hold of

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

capture, catch, get

v. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

stop, intercept

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

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