0 to (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces, or to (cause something to) stop working by being damaged -- 破碎，破裂；打破；打斷；損壞，弄壞
1 to destroy or end something, or to come to an end -- 毀壞，打破；結束，終結
3 to (cause something to) divide into two or more parts or groups -- 分散；分開；分解
4 to interrupt or to stop something for a short period -- 打斷；中斷，中止
5 to go somewhere or do something by force -- 急衝；猛闖；突破
The police broke up the fight (= ended it forcefully). 警方強行制止了打鬥。
The thieves broke the safe open and stole the diamonds. 盜賊撬開保險箱偷走了鑽石。
In the storm the boat broke loose from its moorings. 暴風雨中船脫開了纜繩。
The horse tried to break free from its stable. 那匹馬想從馬廐裡掙脫出去。
He threatened to break the door down (= enter using force). 他威脅要砸門進來。
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.
