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Break has multiple meanings, including:
*The act of damaging or destroying something
*Break/break shot is the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
*Break key, telegraphy, keyboards, computing;
*Break statement, a computer language construct used to terminate a loop or enclosing scope early
*Passaggio, the break in the voice between registers
*Break (music), a percussion interlude
*Rest from activity or work (coffee break, lunch break, etc.; Break (work), man hour
*Another word for short holiday. Short Break, Midweek Break, Weekend Break, Entertainment Break etc.
* An interruption of an activity, service or utillity.
* A shortened form of Breakwater or Breakwall
* Object(s) arranged or constructed to form a boundary
* Break (surfing), see Point Break
* Short for break de chasse, a horse-drawn carriage specifically designed to carry several gentry and their weapons and dogs to a shoot (this was known as the shooting brake in English, a term which later became used to mean an estate version of a luxury sports car for the same hunting reasons. Now it can mean any estate car)
* A European term for estate car named after the above, and for all the same reasons.
*Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
*Bwelk is also a Korean slang derived from "break"
Breaking a bone is another term for a bone fracture
*Break, a Maximal in the Transformers toylineRelated terms include:
*Breaking in
**in the sense of burglary
**in the sense of stress testing (aka "burning in", "wearing in", etc.)
*Break a leg
*Breakdancing
*Brick Breaker



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