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breach
A gap or rift, especially in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.
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  1. A gap or rift, especially in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.
  2. A break in friendly relations
  3. A failure to observe the terms, as of a law or promise, the customary forms, etc.; violation; infraction
separation
The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
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  1. The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
  2. A formal legal severing of the relations between spouses that does not dissolve the marriage as in divorce.
  3. The condition of being so sorted or distinguished:
crack
A moment; an instant:
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  1. A moment; an instant:
  2. (Slang) Hard, pebblelike pieces of highly purified cocaine prepared for smoking: a highly potent and addictive form of cocaine
  3. A partial split or break; a fissure.
crack
(Informal) To break open or into:
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  1. (Informal) To break open or into:
  2. To cause to come into forceful contact with something, especially with a sharp sound:
  3. To cause to break with a sharp snapping sound:
tear
To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident:
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  1. To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident:
  2. To become filled with tears:
  3. To become torn:
burst
To cause to burst:
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  1. To cause to burst:
  2. To come apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure; fly into pieces; break open or out; explode
  3. To give sudden utterance or expression:
breach
An opening made by a breakthrough, as in a wall, line of defense, etc.
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  1. An opening made by a breakthrough, as in a wall, line of defense, etc.
  2. (Obs.) A breaking or being broken
  3. A break in friendly relations
break
Break dancing.
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  1. Break dancing.
  2. An escape:
  3. The result of breaking, as a crack, separation, or opening:
gap
A hole or opening, as in a wall or fence, made by breaking or parting; breach
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  1. A hole or opening, as in a wall or fence, made by breaking or parting; breach
  2. A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity:
  3. An interruption of continuity:
hole
An opening or perforation:
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  1. An opening or perforation:
  2. An opening in or through anything; break; gap
  3. A gap, usually the valence band of an insulator or semiconductor, that would normally be filled with one electron. If an electron accelerated by a voltage moves into a gap, it leaves a gap behind it, and in this way the hole itself appears to move through the substance. Even though holes are in fact the absence of a negatively charged particle (an electron), they can be treated theoretically as positively charged particles, whose motion gives rise to electric current.
perforation
Any of a series of holes punched or drilled, as between postage stamps on a sheet
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  1. Any of a series of holes punched or drilled, as between postage stamps on a sheet
  2. A hole made by piercing, ulceration, etc.
  3. A hole or series of holes punched or bored through something, especially a hole in a series, separating sections in a sheet or roll.
alienation
An alienating or being alienated; specif., estrangement or detachment
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  1. An alienating or being alienated; specif., estrangement or detachment
  2. The act of alienating or the condition of being alienated; estrangement:
  3. In real property law, the voluntary and absolute transfer of title of possession, by gift, sale, or testamentary instrument, of real property from one to another. In real property law, the voluntary and absolute transfer of title of possession, by gift, sale, or testamentary instrument, of real property from one to another.
breach
(Obs.) A breaking or being broken
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  1. (Obs.) A breaking or being broken
  2. An opening made by a breakthrough, as in a wall, line of defense, etc.
  3. A break in friendly relations
break
Break dancing.
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  1. Break dancing.
  2. An escape:
  3. The result of breaking, as a crack, separation, or opening:
estrangement
The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
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  1. The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.
  2. The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
fissure
A separation into subgroups or factions; a schism.
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  1. A separation into subgroups or factions; a schism.
  2. A long, narrow crack or opening in the face of a rock. Fissures are often filled with minerals of a different type from those in the surrounding rock.
  3. (Medicine) A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a cracklike sore or ulcer.
rent
A hole or gap made by rending or tearing, as a torn place in cloth, a fissure in the earth, etc.
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  1. A hole or gap made by rending or tearing, as a torn place in cloth, a fissure in the earth, etc.
  2. An additional amount paid or accruing to the owner of an economic resource, as a tract of land, that is the result of some special or unique attribute, as a desirable location
  3. A stated return or payment for the temporary possession or use of a house, land, or other property, made, usually at fixed intervals, by the tenant or user to the owner
rift
A narrow break, crack, or other opening in a rock, usually made by cracking or splitting.
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  1. A narrow break, crack, or other opening in a rock, usually made by cracking or splitting.
  2. An open break in a previously friendly relationship
  3. A break in friendly relations:
schism
A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church.
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  1. A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church.
  2. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.
  3. Any of the sects, parties, etc. formed by such a split
split
A single thickness of hide split horizontally
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  1. A single thickness of hide split horizontally
  2. An arrangement of bowling pins left standing after a bowl, in which two or more pins remain standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
  3. A break; fissure; crack; tear
crack
(Chemistry) To break into simpler molecules, often by means of heat or a catalyst.
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  1. (Chemistry) To break into simpler molecules, often by means of heat or a catalyst.
  2. To crush (corn or wheat, for example) into small pieces.
  3. To cause to break without complete separation of parts:
fissure
To form a crack or cleft or cause a crack or cleft in.
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  1. To form a crack or cleft or cause a crack or cleft in.
  2. A long, narrow crack or opening in the face of a rock. Fissures are often filled with minerals of a different type from those in the surrounding rock.
fracture
To cause to break:
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  1. To cause to break:
  2. A break or rupture in bone tissue. &diamf3; A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments. &diamf3; Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity. &diamf3; In an incomplete fracture , the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone.
  3. To break, crack, or split
split
To separate, cut, or divide into two or more parts; cause to separate along the grain or length; break into layers
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  1. To separate, cut, or divide into two or more parts; cause to separate along the grain or length; break into layers
  2. To separate or break up through failure to agree, etc.
  3. To divide and share:
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Sentence Examples

  • Frederick was resolved upon a rupture with Sweden at the first convenient opportunity.

  • The rupture had not yet been made evident between the Girondist party and that section still more extreme, that of the Mountain.

  • The larvae produced by this remarkable method (paedogenesis) of virgin-reproduction are hatched within the parent larva, and in some cases escape by the rupture of its body.

  • But the story of the duel, confirmed by Pierre's rupture with his wife, was the talk of society.

  • The Cretan insurrection rose to a formidable height in 1868-69, and the active support given to the movement by Greece brought about a rupture of relations between that country and Turkey.

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