BREAKS Synonyms

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• state of being torn or burst open

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• the act of making a sudden noisy break

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• take apart into its constituent pieces

• take off or remove

• make a break in

• throw into disorder

• interfere in someone else's activity

• a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

• a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

• separate into parts or portions

• perform a division

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• move or break apart

• make a division or separation

• force, take, or pull apart

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• set or keep apart

• cut off from a whole

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• a spell of cold weather

• tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

• a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

• the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• a sudden sharp noise

• a sudden breaking

• the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• move or strike with a noise

• close with a snapping motion

• make a sharp sound

• move with a snapping sound

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• put in play with a snap

• cause to make a snapping sound

• lose control of one's emotions

• bring the jaws together

• record on photographic film

• a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• the act of tearing

• fill with tears or shed tears

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• to separate or be separated by force

• move quickly and violently

• strip of feathers

• a long narrow cleft

• a narrow opening

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a sudden sharp noise

• a chance to do something

• witty remark

• a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts

• a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

• a usually brief attempt

• the act of cracking something

• of the highest quality

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• make a very sharp explosive sound

• make a sharp sound

• hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise

• pass through (a barrier)

• break partially but keep its integrity

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• tell spontaneously

• cause to become cracked

• reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

• break into simpler molecules by means of heat

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• the act of cracking something

• violate or abuse

• interrupt, break, or destroy

• break into pieces

• become fractured

• break (a bone)

• fracture a bone of

• break into many pieces

• damage or destroy

• cause to break into many pieces

• a vigorous blow

• a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)

• a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

• the act of colliding with something

• a conspicuous success

• with a loud crash

• hit with great force

• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

• reduce to bankruptcy

• hit violently

• humiliate or depress completely

• damage or destroy as if by violence

• hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

• collide or strike violently and suddenly

• overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)

• break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow

• extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

• an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

• a bottle containing half the usual amount

• a promised or claimed share of loot or money

• a lengthwise crack in wood

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

• (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

• an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• division of a group into opposing factions

• having been divided; having the unity destroyed

• (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

• separate into parts or portions

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• the act of cracking something

• violate or abuse

• interrupt, break, or destroy

• break into pieces

• become fractured

• break (a bone)

• fracture a bone of