Break Synonyms

125 break synonyms include shatter, smash, smash to smithereens, crack, snap, fracture, fragment, splinter, disintegrate, and fall to bits. Break is a verb, and its antonyms are repair and mend. Here are some additional synonyms for "break" with example sentences.

Another word for Break

125 other ways to say break.

1. shatter

  • tear  
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  • split  
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  • splinter  
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  • snap  
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  • smash to smithereens  
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  • smash  
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  • shiver  
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  • shatter  
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  • sever  
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  • separate
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  • rupture  
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  • rend  
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  • fragment  
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  • fracture  
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  • fall to pieces  
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  • fall to bits  
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  • divide
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  • disintegrate  
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  • crack  
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  • bust  
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  • burst  
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  • blow out  
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2. pierce

  • puncture  
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  • pierce  
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  • perforate  
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  • penetrate  
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  • make a flesh wound in  
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  • graze  
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  • cut  
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3. stop working

  • stop working  
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  • pack up  
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  • malfunction  
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  • have had it  
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  • go wrong  
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  • go phut  
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  • go kaput  
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  • go haywire  
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  • go/be on the blink  
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  • give up the ghost  
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  • give out  
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  • die  
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  • develop a fault  
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  • crash  
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  • conk out  
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  • cease to work/function  
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  • break down  
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  • be unusable  
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  • be damaged  
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4. decipher

  • work out  
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  • unravel  
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  • solve  
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  • figure out  
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  • decrypt  
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  • decode  
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  • decipher  
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  • crack  
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5. stop

  • take five  
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  • take/have a breather  
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  • take/have a break  
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  • suspend proceedings  
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  • stop
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  • recess  
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  • pause  
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  • knock off  
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  • have a rest  
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6. give up

  • shake  
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  • relinquish  
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  • quit
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  • pack in  
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  • kick  
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  • give up  
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  • get out of  
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  • drop  
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7. exceed

  • trump  
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  • top
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  • surpass  
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  • put in the shade  
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  • outstrip  
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  • outdo  
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  • leave standing  
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  • go beyond  
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  • exceed  
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  • eclipse  
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  • cap  
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  • better
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  • beat
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8. contravene

  • violate  
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  • transgress against  
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  • infringe  
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  • infract  
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  • ignore
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  • fly in the face of  
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  • flout  
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  • fail to observe  
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  • fail to comply with  
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  • disregard  
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  • disobey  
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  • defy  
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  • contravene  
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  • commit a breach of  
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  • breach  
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9. dawn

  • start
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  • emerge  
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  • dawn  
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  • come into being  
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  • come forth  
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  • begin
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  • appear  
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10. crash

  • pound  
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  • lash  
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  • dash  
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  • crash  
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  • beat
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  • batter  
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11. reveal

  • tell
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  • reveal
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  • release  
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  • proclaim  
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  • make public  
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  • make known  
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  • let out  
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  • impart  
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  • divulge  
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  • disclose  
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  • announce  
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Use break in a Sentence

After the hectic morning, she needed a break.

Don't break the fragile glass.

Empowerment helps break the cycle of poverty.

He'll break the bad news.

I need to take a break.

Let's take a short break.

She wanted to break away from the status quo.

The waves break at shore.

We had a fortunate break in the weather.