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Breaker or breakers has the following meanings:

• Circuit breaker protects equipment from an overload or short circuit
• Breaker wave, an overextended ocean surface wave that collapses as it approaches the shore
• Breaker, a breakdancer
• Breaker Morant, an Anglo-Australian soldier cum folk hero named Harry Harbord Morant
  • The Breaker, a 1973 novel about him by Kit Denton
  • Breaker Morant (film), film based on that novel
• Breaker (album) is an album by Accept
• The Breakers, a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island
  • The Breakers (1878), the original estate at the Newport site
• The Breakers (band), Danish rock band
• Breakers Hotel, a historic hotel in Palm Beach, Florida
• "Breaker", a term used in CB radio slang
• Breaker, one involved in breaking (martial arts), breaking objects with force
• Breakers (TV series), an Australian television series that ran from 1998 to 1999.
• Breaker, a character from the G.I. Joe universe
• Breakers (Stephen King), humans with special psionic abilities in Stephen King's The Dark Tower (2004 novel)
• Breaker (nautical), a small water cask or scuttlebutt, often used in lifeboats
• Breaker is a United States Department of Agriculture carcass grade for slaughter cattle
• Breakers and Breakers Revenge, a 1996 videogame for the Neo Geo MVS Arcade system
• The Breaker, a 1998 book by Minette Walters.
• Breaker (hydraulic), a percussion hammer used for demolishing concrete structures or rocks

Breaker may also mean:

• Icebreaker, a ship that can navigate through ice
• Coal breaker is a structure that processes coal
• Ship breaker, a business involved in Ship breaking, demolishing vessels for scrap metal
• Breakers yard, also called a wrecking yard, a business which demolishes cars or other items for scrap
• Breaker Island, an island off Antacrtica
• Breaker Reef, an island of Hong Kong
• Breaker Bay, a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand
• Breakers Stadium, an Australian stadium, located in Newcastle, New South Wales, now known as The Gardens
• Breaker bar, a tool used to increase the torque of a socket wrench
• Breaker-grozier pliers, pliers used by glaziers for breaking and finishing small glass pieces
• Sword breaker, a Middle Age weapon
• Vacuum breaker, a simple backflow preventer
• Contact breaker, an electrical switch
• Braid-breaker, a filter that prevents television interference (TVI)
• Breaker! Breaker!, a 1977 film starring Chuck Norris
• Breaker 1/9, a 1992 single by Common
• Breaker High, a TV series that ran from 1997 to 1998, set at a high school located on a cruise ship, featuring Ryan Gosling
• Ankle breaker, slang term for a basketball move
• Breaker a lager beer from the United Kingdom.

Sports teams

• British Columbia Breakers, an ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League
• Boston Breakers, a professional soccer team in the Women's United Soccer Association
• Long Beach Breakers, a minor league baseball team in Long Beach, California
• New Zealand Breakers, a basketball team in the Australian National Basketball League
• North Bay Breakers, an American soccer team in Santa Rosa, California
• Portland Breakers, an American Football team in the United States Football League during the mid 1980s
• Santa Cruz County Breakers, an American soccer team
• Seattle City Breakers a former dance group from Seattle, Washington

See also

• Icebreaker
• Heartbreaker
• Windbreaker

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