breaking
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break·ing1
(brā'kĭng) 
n.
The change of a simple vowel to a diphthong, especially in various Germanic languages, often caused by the influence of neighboring consonants.
break·ing2 (brā'kĭng)
n.
A form of urban dance involving styles such as rocking, popping, and b-boying, usually performed to funk. Also called break dancing.
n.
The change of a simple vowel to a diphthong, especially in various Germanic languages, often caused by the influence of neighboring consonants.
[Translation of German Brechung.]
break·ing2 (brā'kĭng)
n.
A form of urban dance involving styles such as rocking, popping, and b-boying, usually performed to funk. Also called break dancing.
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Breaking
English term used from the 16th century to the 18th to describe the ornamentation (usually improvised) of a melodic line by substituting groups of short notes for longer ones.
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Breaking
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.
To use physical force to separate or damage a solid object.
When used in criminal statutes as an element of burglary or housebreaking, to forcibly remove any part of a house that protects it from unauthorized entry such as locks, latches, windows, or doors, to gain access to the house with the intent to commit a crime; to use force or violence in escaping from a house after a felony has been committed or attempted therein.
The slightest physical force — for example, lifting a latch, releasing a bolt, or opening an unlocked door or window — is enough to constitute breaking.
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IN BRIEF: Dividing into parts violently; Reducing to pieces; Shattering.
Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.
— Gandhi
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