broke
Meanings
- terminate;
- become separated into pieces or fragments;
- "The figurine broke"
- render inoperable or ineffective;
- "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
- ruin completely;
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
- "He broke the glass plate"
- "She broke the match"
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
- move away or escape suddenly;
- "The horses broke from the stable"
- "Three inmates broke jail"
- scatter or part;
- "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;
- prevent completion;
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;
- "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"
- "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
- "who broke into my account last night?"
- make submissive, obedient, or useful;
- "I broke in the new intern"
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;
- surpass in excellence;
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
- "he broke the news to her"
- come into being;
- "light broke over the horizon"
- "Voices broke in the air"
- stop operating or functioning;
- "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- "The coffee maker broke"
- interrupt a continued activity;
- "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;
- "The ranks broke"
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
- "The surf broke"
- lessen in force or effect;
- be broken in;
- come to an end;
- "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
- "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"
- cause to give up a habit;
- "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"
- give up;
- come forth or begin from a state of latency;
- "The first winter storm broke over New York"
- happen or take place;
- cause the failure or ruin of;
- "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"
- invalidate by judicial action;
- "The will was broken"
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
- "The business partners broke over a tax question"
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
- "He was broken down to Sergeant"
- reduce to bankruptcy;
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water;
- "The whales broke"
- break down, literally or metaphorically;
- "The dam broke"
- do a break dance;
- exchange for smaller units of money;
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing;
- "The referee broke the boxers"
- go to pieces;
- "The lawn mower finally broke"
- break a piece from a whole;
- become punctured or penetrated;
- "The skin broke"
- pierce or penetrate;
- "The blade broke her skin"
- be released or become known; of news;
- "News of her death broke in the morning"
- cease an action temporarily;
- interrupt the flow of current in;
- undergo breaking;
- "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"
- find a flaw in;
- find the solution or key to;
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
- "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"
- happen;
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
- crack; of the male voice in puberty;
- fall sharply;
- "stock prices broke"
- fracture a bone of;
- "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
- diminish or discontinue abruptly;
- "The patient's fever broke last night"
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body;
- "His resistance was broken"
- "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
- lacking funds;
- BROKE past tense of break
Synonyms
- interrupt
- break
- separate
- split up
- fall apart
- come apart
- bust
- transgress
- offend
- infract
- violate
- go against
- breach
- break out
- break away
- burst
- erupt
- break off
- discontinue
- stop
- break in
- better
- unwrap
- disclose
- let on
- bring out
- reveal
- discover
- expose
- divulge
- give away
- let out
- fail
- go bad
- give way
- die
- give out
- conk out
- go
- break down
- dampen
- damp
- soften
- weaken
- part
- split
- break up
- demote
- bump
- relegate
- kick downstairs
- bankrupt
- ruin
- smash
- collapse
- fall in
- cave in
- give
- founder
- break dance
- break-dance
- wear
- wear out
- snap off
- get out
- get around
- pause
- intermit
- recrudesce
- develop
- crack
- check
- fracture
- skint
- stone-broke
- stony-broke
Scrabble Score: 11
broke is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbroke is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
broke is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
broke is a valid Words With Friends word