breaking
Definitions
Noun
- The act of breaking something
Verb
- Terminate
- Become separated into pieces or fragments
- Render inoperable or ineffective
- Ruin completely
- Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- Move away or escape suddenly
- Scatter or part
- Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- Prevent completion
- Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- Make submissive, obedient, or useful
- Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- Surpass in excellence
- Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- Come into being
- Stop operating or functioning
- Interrupt a continued activity
- Make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- Lessen in force or effect
- Be broken in
- Come to an end
- Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- Cause to give up a habit
- Give up
- Come forth or begin from a state of latency
- Happen or take place
- Cause the failure or ruin of
- Invalidate by judicial action
- Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- Reduce to bankruptcy
- Change directions suddenly
- Emerge from the surface of a body of water
- Break down, literally or metaphorically
- Do a break dance
- Exchange for smaller units of money
- Destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- Make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- Separate from a clinch, in boxing
- Go to pieces
- Break a piece from a whole
- Become punctured or penetrated
- Pierce or penetrate
- Be released or become known; of news
- Cease an action temporarily
- Interrupt the flow of current in
- Undergo breaking
- Find a flaw in
- Find the solution or key to
- Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- Happen
- Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- Crack; of the male voice in puberty
- Fall sharply
- Fracture a bone of
- Diminish or discontinue abruptly
- Weaken or destroy in spirit or body
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "breaking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breaking | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | heartbreaking | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | backbreaking | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | groundbreaking | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | lawbreaking | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "breaking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | building | 2 | 160 |
| 2 | bringing | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | breathing | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | binding | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | bleeding | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | brooding | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | bursting | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | observing | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | blessing | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | blooming | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | bouncing | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | obtaining | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | borrowing | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | bending | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | breeding | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | browning | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | brushing | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | blazing | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | bothering | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | boarding | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | blushing | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | bickering | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | blocking | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | boasting | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | boosting | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | bracing | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | bulging | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | balding | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | banking | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | barking | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | basking | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | basting | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | battering | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | belching | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | bellowing | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | blaming | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | bleaching | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | blotting | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | bounding | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | braving | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | breaching | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | briefing | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | bruising | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | bumping | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | abounding | 3 | 1 |
| 46 | badgering | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | banding | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | barging | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | belting | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | bettering | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | blaring | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | bluffing | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | bolting | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | bonding | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | bragging | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | braiding | 2 | 1 |
| 57 | browsing | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | buckling | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | bullying | 3 | 1 |
| 60 | aborting | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | abridging | 3 | 0 |
| 62 | abusing | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | beadling | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | belding | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | belying | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | bensing | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | benzing | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | bergling | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | besting | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | bilking | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | billowing | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | binging | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | bisbing | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | bisping | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | blading | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | blaesing | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | blasing | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | bleeping | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | bloating | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | blogging | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | bobbling | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | boening | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | bolding | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | boxing | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | braking | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | branning | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | brawling | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | breading | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | breeching | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | breining | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | brenning | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | bribing | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | bridging | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | brimming | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | brining | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | broaching | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | broiling | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | broking | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | brooking | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | bruening | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | bruning | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | bruting | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | buehring | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | buening | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | buesing | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | buffering | 3 | 0 |
| 107 | buffeting | 3 | 0 |
| 108 | bunching | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | bunting | 2 | 0 |
| 110 | burbling | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | burgling | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | burying | 3 | 0 |
| 113 | busting | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | butchering | 3 | 0 |
| 115 | buttering | 3 | 0 |
| 116 | obliging | 3 | 0 |
| 117 | obsessing | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "breaking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reading | 2 | 141 |
| 2 | breathing | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | creaking | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | baking | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | remarking | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | breaching | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | rearing | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | remaking | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | reeking | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | reaping | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | braking | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | wreaking | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | retaking | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | freaking | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | break-in | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | breading | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | raking | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | lawbreaking | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | streaking | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | breasting | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "breaking" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "breaking" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by breaking | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "breaking" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | literature | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | responded | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | property | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | time | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | importance | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "breaking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brooking | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 60
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 117
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 5
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Mar 15, 2026 The Detroit News
Mar 14, 2026 New York Post

