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to break
  1. 1 to break, to be smashed
  2. 2 to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn
  3. 3 to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party)
  4. 4 to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed
  5. 5 to become distorted (of sound), to clip
  6. 6 to be divisible (without a remainder)
  7. 7 to drop below a minimum
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The vase was broken to pieces.

    sense 1 · to break

  • The cup broke.

  • The glass broke to pieces.

  • Glass breaks easily.

  • Plastic does not break easily.

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