Collocations with "break"

To do something illegal.

to cause someone great emotional pain

To cause a bone to fracture. The most common term.

A period during a television or radio program when advertisements are shown.

to fail to do what you promised to do

to end a stalemate, often with a new action or idea

To cause glass to separate into pieces, often by impact.

To cause the pelvic bone to fracture, typically due to a severe impact or fall.

to drive faster than the legally allowed speed

To violate the terms of a truce by resuming fighting.

to do something different from what is usually done

To cause a pane to crack or separate into pieces.

to cause a rib to fracture

to stop a repeating pattern of events, especially a negative one

the holiday period between semesters

to fracture a bone in one's ankle

to separate into pieces due to force

to end a ceasefire by starting to fight again

when daylight first appears in the morning; dawn.

To end a deadlock, often through a new action or proposal.

To accidentally crack or split a fingernail.

Used when glass shatters or cracks, with glass as the subject.

To fracture a bone in one's leg.