Nouns (6)
break
n. breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
crack, cracking
n. the act of cracking something
fault, geological fault, fault line
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"
Verbs (1)
crack
v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
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Fuzzynyms (43)
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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fracture
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