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break verb

  /bɹeɪk/ , /bɹiːk/ , [bɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯k]
  • (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
 brechen, zerbrechen, kaputtgehen, abbremsen, anbrechen, aufhören
  • (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
 zerbrechen
  • (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. A wave breaking.
  • (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
 brechen
  • (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
 brechen, unterbrechen
  • (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
 kaputtmachen, kaputtgehen
  • (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
 abbrechen, unterbrechen
  • (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
  • (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
  • (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
 anbrechen, dämmern
  • (specifically, in, _, programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
 anbrechen, dämmern, wechseln, zu Ende gehen
  • (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
 anstoßen, den Eröffnungsstoß haben
  • (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
 aufbrechen, knacken
  • (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
 aufspalten, ausbrechen, ausfallen, einen Ausfall machen, trennen, zum Gegenangriff ansetzen
  • (transitive, gaming, _, slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
 aushebeln, knacken
  • (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
 bekannt geben, bekannt machen, herausbringen, herauskommen, publik machen, publizieren
  • (transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
 degradieren
  • (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
 einen / den Stimmbruch haben
  • (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
 hereinbrechen
  • (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
 kleinmachen
  • (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
 pausieren
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
 verwandeln, wenden, werden
  • (intransitive, of a, _, spell of settled, _, weather) To end.
 wechseln, zu Ende gehen
  • To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
 zureiten, zähmen

break noun

  /bɹeɪk/ , /bɹiːk/ , [bɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯k]
  • A rest or pause, usually from work.
 Pause
  • An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
 Pause, Unterbrechung
  • An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
 Bruch
  • The beginning (of the morning).
 Anbruch
  • (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
 Anstoß, Eröffnungsstoß
  • An act of escaping.
 Ausbruch
  • A temporary split with a romantic partner.
 Beziehungspause
  • (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
 Break
  • A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
 Bruch, Umbruch, Wechsel
  • (soccer) The counter-attack.
 Gegenangriff, Gegenstoß, Konter
  • A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
 Spalt, Öffnung
  • (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
 Umschwung

breaking noun

  /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/
  • (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
 Brechung
break down
abbrechen, fehlschlagen, scheitern, abnehmen, zusammenbrechen, abreißen, niederbrechen, aufschließen, umwandeln, verwandeln, zerfallen, zersetzen, eine Panne haben, abstürzen, den Geist aufgeben, hängen, liegenbleiben, sich aufhängen, herunterbrechen, kaputtgehen, einstürzen, umkippen, zusammenfallen
break off
abbrechen, auflösen
break in
(den Willen) brechen, zureiten, anfangen, anlernen, einarbeiten, einfahren, eingewöhnen, einlaufen, einsteigen, einbrechen, ins Wort fallen
break into
anbrauchen, anbrechen, anfangen, aufreißen, ausbrechen, fallen, verfallen, einbrechen, eindringen, einsteigen
break out
absondern, herauslösen, ausbrechen, herausbrechen, hervorholen
break one's fast
frühstücken
break away
ablösen, lösen, ausbrechen, losmachen
break wind
furzen
break up
Schluss machen, auseinander gehen

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Break

break
Maximum Break
maximum break
einen Break machen
break
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