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

Synonyms: Dawn, start, come forth, appear, begin, come into being, and emerge.

Crash

Synonyms: Crash, beat, lash, dash, pound, and batter.

Reveal

Synonyms: Reveal, divulge, announce, impart, make known, proclaim, disclose, let out, tell, make public, and release.

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.