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1. Break
   A rapid and sharp price decline.
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2. break
   [n] - the occurrence of breaking 2. [n] - an unexpected piece of good luck 3. [n] - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool 4. [n] - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving 5. [n] - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity 6. [n] - a sudden dash 7. [n] - an escape from jail 8. [v] - come to an end 9. [v] - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity 10. [v] - cause to give up a habit 11. [v] - give up 12. [v] - come forth or begin from a state of latency 13. [v] - happen or take place 14. [v] - cause the failure or ruin of 15. [v] - interrupt a continued activity 16. [v] - invalidate by judicial action 17. [v] - stop or interrupt 18. [v] - divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting 19. [v] - change directions suddenly 20. [v] - move away or escape suddenly 21. [v] - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one`s own by quitting or fleeing (military usage) 22. [v] - scatter or part 23. [v] - emerge from the surface, as of fish in water 24. [v] - curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves 25. [v] - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up 26. [v] - exchange for smaller units of money 27. [v] - destroy the completeness of a set of related items 28. [v] - make the opening shot that scatters the balls, in billiards or pool 29. [v] - separate from a clinch, in boxing 30. [v] - ruin completely 31. [v] - go to pieces 32. [v] - break a piece from a whole 33. [v] - pierce the surface of 34. [v] - become punctured or penetrated 35. [v] - pierce or penetrate 36. [v] - be released or become known 37. [v] - interrupt the flow of current in 38. [v] - undergo breaking 39. [v] - find a flaw in 40. [v] - find the solution or key to 41. [v] - come into being 42. [v] - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another 43. [v] - stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments 44. [v] - prevent completion 45. [v] - happen, as of an event 46. [v] - destroy the integrity of 47. [v] - become separated into pieces or fragments 48. [v] - render inoperable or ineffective 49. [v] - of the male voice in puberty 50. [v] - be broken in 51. [v] - fall sharply 52. [v] - diminish or discontinue abruptly 53. [v] - weaken or destroy in spirit or body
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3. Break
   (see also Commercial Break)
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4. Break
   A command stored in the C: directory that disables a script file that is being executed.
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5. break
   1. To cause to be broken. "Your latest patch to the editor broke the paragraph commands." 2. (Of a program) To stop temporarily, so that it may debugged. The place where it stops is a "breakpoint". 3. To send an EIA-232 break (two character widths of line high) over a serial line. 4. [Unix] To strike whatever key currently causes the tty driver t…
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6. break
   break, break period: an interruption from work or duty for rest, relaxation or recreation Category: Law • an extensive crack,break,or fracture in the rocks Category: The cosmos • an open(disconnected)circuit condition caused by a switch,damage to a conductor,etc. Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a rapid and sharp price decline Category: Financial…
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7. Break
   A signal to "break in" when the opposite party or unit is sending. A feature of dial point-to-point teletypewriter systems operating in half duplex.
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8. break
   A short rest away from the computer, essential if a user is spending long periods at a workstation. A user should have a short break every 50 minutes and regularly look away from the screen to refocus on distant objects.
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9. Break
   Break (brāk) transitive verb [ imperfect broke (brōk), (Obsolete Brake ); past participle Broken (brō"k'n), (Obsolete Broke ); present participle & verbal noun Breaking .] [ Middle English breken , Anglo-Saxon brecan ; akin to Old Saxon brekan , …
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10. Break
    Break (brāk) intransitive verb 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. « Else the bottle break , and the wine runneth out. Math. ix. 17. » 3. To burst forth; to make …
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11. Break
    Break ( [ 1913 Webster]) noun [ See Break , transitive verb , and confer Brake (the instrument), Breach , Brack a crack.] 1. An opening made by fracture or disruption. 2. An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship. Specifically: (a) (Archite …
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12. break
    1. To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. ... 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. ... 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. "Katharine, break thy mind t …
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13. break
    wear verb go to pieces; `The lawn mower finally broke`; `The gears wore out`; `The old chair finally fell apart completely`
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14. break
    separate 3 split up verb become separated into pieces or fragments; `The figurine broke`; `The freshly baked loaf fell apart`
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15. break
    burst verb force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; `break into tears`; `erupt in anger`
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16. break
    jailbreak noun an escape from jail; `the breakout was carefully planned`
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17. break
    happy chance noun an unexpected piece of good luck; `he finally got his big break`
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18. break
    disruption 2 gap noun an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; `it was presented without commercial breaks`; `there was a gap in his account`
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19. break
    noun (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; `he was up two breaks in the second set`
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20. break
    discontinue verb prevent completion; `stop the project`; `break off the negotiations`
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21. break
    verb move away or escape suddenly; `The horses broke from the stable`; `Three inmates broke jail`; `Nobody can break out--this prison is high security`
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22. break
    verb break a piece from a whole; `break a branch from a tree`
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23. break
    get around verb be released or become known; of news; `News of her death broke in the morning`
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24. Break
    To `break` is the act of damaging something. `Break` may also refer to: * Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music * Break key, a special key on computer keyboards * Break or Break shot, the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards * Break.com, a popular college humor website * break, a computer language construct in programming to terminate a loop or enclosing scope early * Bra...
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25. Break
    To `break` is the act of damaging something. `Break` may also refer to: * Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music * Break key, a special key on computer keyboards * Break or Break shot, the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards * Break.com, a popular college humor website * break, a computer language construct in programming to terminate a loop or enclosing scope early * Bra...
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