to break
- verb
- /breɪk/
- Don't break my heart... just yet.
- voice breaks
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Examples
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She was crying, and she said, "This works just killing me, it's breaking my heart."
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"Will they consider me now?" she said, her voice small and breaking as she spoke.
Fiction book (1993) -
Just somethin' about that little girl, sick, without a mama, it just breaks my heart.
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I'm glad to, I whispered, voice breaking on the last word.
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With a tremor of vulnerability in her voice that broke his heart, Lisa said, "We owe you so much."
Fiction book (1991) -
It breaks my heart.
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"There's still one in my hand," and his voice broke again, and tears welled up and spilled over.
Fiction book (1990) -
I could hear her voice break during the emotional speech.
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His voice began to break as he spoke about his childhood.
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She felt her voice break when telling the touching story.
Synonyms
To become lower in voice, usually during puberty
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A sudden time when many people lose control and chaos starts
To overcome barriers that stop women or minority groups getting higher jobs
- Informal
To do new or difficult things on purpose to learn and grow
A phrase that says hurt to the body is worse than insults and words do not hurt
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner
- Informal
To make someone very sad because of love or disappointment
To stop something suddenly before it is finished, for example a talk or relationship
- Specialized
To make something separate into smaller parts by a chemical process
- Jargon
To speak directly to the audience during a play or film to show the story is not real
Take part in activities usually not allowed on the Sabbath, like working or traveling
- Jargon
To remove communication barriers between teams so they can work together
Compounds
- Specialized
A smaller tax people or companies must pay to encourage certain activities
- Jargon
A quick attack where a team moves fast down the court to score before the defense sets up
- Specialized
A seal that breaks when a package is opened to show if someone opened it
How Unsteady
Surface Forms
Etymology
Break comes from an old English word brecan meaning 'to crack' or 'snap'. When a voice 'breaks' it suddenly cracks or changes pitch, just like something that snaps.