noun
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
noun
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
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Examples
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
verb
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
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Examples
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
verb
make an opening or gap in
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