Synonyms for Breaking
ˈbreɪ kɪŋbreak·ing

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1. breakage, break, breakingnoun

   the act of breaking something

   "the breakage was unavoidable"

   Synonyms:
   recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, gaolbreak, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, interruption, shift, break, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, disruption, jailbreak, gap, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, breakage, rupture, intermission, breakout

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1. • Change Of Integrity

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1. breakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   rupture, fracture

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1. breakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   fracture, rupture, breach, infraction, violation

   Associated words:
   brittle, frangible, frangibility, tenacious, tenacity, inviolable, inviolability

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1. List of paraphrases for "breaking":

   break, rupture, breakage, violating, breakdown, broken, breaching, dismantling, breach, infringing

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1. The Chicago teachers union:

   Short of some late-breaking change, *all* CTU members will begin working remotely tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27. And if CPS retaliates against members for exercising their right to a safe workplace, *all* CTU members will stop working on Thursday and set up picket lines at their schools.

2. David Graves:

   We’ve always done big, exciting things. And so, breaking the world record for the world’s largest pizza just felt like the right thing to do to celebrate bringing back our largest pizza.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I understand that the occupiers of the federal land have said that they will leave if the local community doesn't want them, and from what I'm seeing in the news, the local community doesn't want them, they should leave -- leave peacefully -- but they should be charged for the illegal action they have undertaken, trespassing, breaking and entering and the like.

4. Bruce Robertson:

   So instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want. the shipping part has never been done, there’s nothing to work off – you’re really breaking new ground.

5. Michael Fitzpatrick:

   I'm concerned about being able to provide fully for my son, my way of breaking the cycle is to just be there for him and to show him everything of what should be done also to show him what shouldn't be done. That way I feel I can put morals in him at a young age.