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breaking Synonyms

breaking

modif.

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.

breaking Synonyms

breaking

n.

  1. A fracture

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

  2. A violation

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