broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of

to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy

to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software)

worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk

to smash to pieces; to shatter

to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down

to solve a criminal case

to decipher; to decode

trivial matter; trifle; annoying thing

to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)

to break the door down and enter (idiom)

to make an exception

shabby

daybreak; dawn

split seam; (fig.) flaw; weak point

destructive

to burst or force open a door; to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church); to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)

to become damaged

to break the hymen; to lose virginity

rag

to break a record; record-breaking

to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture

to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of

to spend (money or time)

tetanus (lockjaw)

(literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset; (fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem; (coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)

to die out; conquered

to solve or overcome (a difficult problem); to beat (a video game)

(fig.) to break the ice; to begin to restore amicable relations

(of a stock) to fall below the issue price; (of a tennis player) to break serve (abbr. for 破發球局|破发球局[po4 fa1 qiu2 ju2])

tear or rupture; to have a tear (e.g. in one's clothes); without restraint (e.g. of swearing)

to break ground; to start digging; to plough; to break through the ground (of seedling); fig. the start of a building project

dilapidated wall; to break through a wall; (fig.) to break through; (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls; cell disruption

(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch; (slang) (fig.) to be born; to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)

to destroy one's family

to collapse (of plan, talks etc)

to split; to cut open

to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up

shabby; damaged

to break the rule; to make an exception

(Tw) to reveal a spoiler

a hole

to set sail; to brave the waves

fragment; shard

(of a girl) to lose one's virginity; to deflower a virgin; to reach the age of 16; (of a man) to reach the age of 64

to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

(of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc; to disfigure; to make a fool of oneself

to break a promise

breaking