Break synonyms | Another word for break

1. shatter

• Blow out
• Burst
• Bust
• Crack
• Disintegrate
• Divide
• Fall to bits
• Fall to pieces
• Fracture
• Fragment
• Rend
• Rupture
• Separate
• Sever
• Shatter
• Smash to smithereens
• Smash
• Snap
• Splinter
• Split
• Tear
• Shiver

2. pierce

• Cut
• Graze
• Penetrate
• Perforate
• Pierce
• Puncture
• Make a flesh wound in

3. stop working

• Be damaged
• Be unusable
• Break down
• Cease to work/function
• Conk out
• Crash
• Develop a fault
• Die
• Give out
• Give up the ghost
• Go haywire
• Go kaput
• Go phut
• Go wrong
• Go/be on the blink
• Have had it
• Malfunction
• Stop working
• Pack up

4. decipher

• Crack
• Decipher
• Decode
• Decrypt
• Solve
• Unravel
• Work out
• Figure out

5. stop

• Have a rest
• Knock off
• Pause
• Recess
• Stop
• Suspend proceedings
• Take/have a break
• Take/have a breather
• Take five

6. give up

• Drop
• Get out of
• Give up
• Kick
• Pack in
• Relinquish
• Shake
• Quit

7. exceed

• Beat
• Better
• Cap
• Eclipse
• Exceed
• Go beyond
• Outdo
• Outstrip
• Put in the shade
• Surpass
• Top
• Trump
• Leave standing

8. contravene

• Breach
• Commit a breach of
• Contravene
• Defy
• Disobey
• Disregard
• Fail to comply with
• Fail to observe
• Flout
• Fly in the face of
• Ignore
• Infringe
• Transgress against
• Violate
• Infract

9. dawn

• Begin
• Come forth
• Come into being
• Dawn
• Emerge
• Start
• Appear

10. crash

• Beat
• Crash
• Dash
• Lash
• Pound
• Batter

11. reveal

• Announce
• Disclose
• Divulge
• Impart
• Let out
• Make known
• Make public
• Release
• Reveal
• Tell
• Proclaim