breaking

[US]/'breikiŋ/
[UK]/ˈbrekɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. destruction, interruption

Phrases & Collocations

breaking news

breaking point

breaking up

breaking down

breaking strength

breaking out

breaking in

breaking elongation

emulsion breaking

breaking capacity

ground breaking

record breaking

breaking tenacity

breaking time

breaking current

breaking length

breaking stress

Example Sentences

a dolphin breaking water.

a day's back-breaking work.

the Caribbean sea breaking gently on the shore.

breaking the record was a real confidence builder.

Things are breaking right for us.

the necessity of breaking the cigarette habit

Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.

the pigs were after breaking loose.

put away those old back-breaking hand tools.

they were taken to court for breaking the law .

she has a propensity for breaking plates.

She laid me out for breaking the vase.

the reception was going sour, breaking up into static.

be tensioned almost to the breaking point

a ground-breaking discovery/report

waves that were breaking along the shore.

Things have been breaking well for them.

John has admitted breaking the window.

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