re-break

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Definitions of re-break word

verb with object re-break to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase. 1
verb with object re-break to infringe, ignore, or act contrary to (a law, rule, promise, etc.): She broke her promise. 1
verb with object re-break to dissolve or annul (often followed by off): to break off friendly relations with another country. 1
verb with object re-break to fracture a bone of (some part of the body): He broke his leg. 1
verb with object re-break to lacerate; wound: to break the skin. 1
verb with object re-break to destroy or interrupt the regularity, uniformity, continuity, or arrangement of; interrupt: The bleating of a foghorn broke the silence. The troops broke formation. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English breken, Old English brecan; cognate with Dutch breken, German brechen, Gothic brikan; akin to Latin frangere; see fragile

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".