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Synonyms for breaking

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bursting, splitting, cracking, rending, riving, sundering, parting, severing, dissevering, exploding, erupting, shattering, splintering, fracturing, tearing, cleaving, snapping, separating, smashing, shivering, crashing, disintegrating, crumbling, collapsing, caving in, falling, dispersing, busting*, going to pot*.

Antonyms enduring, strong*, stable.

noun

  1. A fracture

    cleavage, rupture, separating; see division 1, fracture 1.

  2. A violation

    transgressing, breach, shattering, violating; see violation 1.

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