0 to (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces, or to (cause something to) stop working by being damaged: --
1 to destroy or end something, or to come to an end: --
3 to (cause something to) divide into two or more parts or groups: --
5 to go somewhere or do something by force: --
The police broke up the fight (= ended it forcefully).
He threatened to break the door down (= enter using force).
The line breaks in the orthographic version may represent places to pause, but they may also represent something else: a point of reflection or intensification.
Local relief is characterized by low altitude sedimentary plateaux (chapadas), which are broken by a network of peripheral or intermontane depressions.
An innovation that can be broken down or tried out on a partial basis also increases the probability of use and adoption5.
The voices adopt the rhythm given by the percussion section, and sentences are rendered mechanical by being broken into short pieces.
They typically occur at the ends of meetings, often as people are walking out of a room, and even during social breaks.
Verbal collaboration also emerged when musical communication was suspended or broke down.
The fracture pattern of this lithology tends to lead to break up of the cores.
Participants took a break between the two conditions and then completed the other modality, starting again with six new training items.
