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broken
transitive verb, intransitive verb
adjective
- split or cracked into pieces; splintered, fractured, burst, etc.
- not in working condition; out of order: a broken watch
- not kept or observed; violated: a broken promise
- disrupted, as by divorce: a broken home
- sick, weakened, or beaten: broken health, a broken spirit
- bankrupt
- not even or continuous; interrupted: broken terrain, broken tones
- not complete: a broken set of Shakespeare's works
- imperfectly spoken, esp. with reference to grammar and syntax: broken English
- subdued and trained; tamed
- Informal demoted in rank
Related Forms:
- brokenly adverb
- brokenness noun
See broken in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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