Break
Shatter
Synonyms: Shatter, smash to smithereens, snap, fragment, disintegrate, fall to pieces, burst, tear, sever, separate, bust, smash, crack, fracture, splinter, fall to bits, split, blow out, rend, rupture, divide, and shiver.
Pierce
Synonyms: Pierce, penetrate, cut, make a flesh wound in, puncture, perforate, and graze.
Stop working
Synonyms: Stop working, break down, give out, malfunction, be unusable, go kaput, die, conk out, go haywire, pack up, cease to work/function, go wrong, develop a fault, be damaged, crash, go/be on the blink, give up the ghost, go phut, and have had it.
Decipher
Synonyms: Decipher, decrypt, solve, crack, decode, unravel, work out, and figure out.
Stop
Synonyms: Stop, take/have a break, recess, knock off, take five, pause, have a rest, suspend proceedings, and take/have a breather.
Give up
Synonyms: Give up, drop, kick, pack in, relinquish, get out of, shake, and quit.
Exceed
Synonyms: Exceed, beat, cap, trump, outstrip, eclipse, leave standing, surpass, better, top, outdo, go beyond, and put in the shade.
Contravene
Synonyms: Contravene, fail to comply with, disobey, breach, transgress against, flout, ignore, infract, violate, fail to observe, infringe, commit a breach of, defy, fly in the face of, and disregard.
Dawn
Crash
Synonyms: Crash, beat, lash, dash, pound, and batter.
Reveal
Example Sentences
Let's take a short break.
The waves break at shore.
Don't break the fragile glass.
He'll break the bad news.
