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What is the verb for broken?

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break

(transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

(transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

(transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
(intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
(transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
(transitive) To ruin financially.
(transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
(intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
(intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
(transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor.
(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

(programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.

(transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

(specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
(specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.

(transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
(intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
(intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
(intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
(transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
(transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
(intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
(sound) To become audible suddenly.
(transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
(copular verb) To suddenly become.
(intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
(transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
(sports and games):

(transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
(intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
(transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).

(transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
(transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
(emulsion) To demulsify.
(intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
(transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
(intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
(intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
(transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
(transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
(intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
(intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
(of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
Synonyms:

crack, fragment, fracture, shatter, smash, snap, split, disintegrate, separate, sever, splinter, bust, rupture, burst, crush, demolish, destroy, divide, rend, tear, dismember, rive, shiver, trash, disrupt, perforate, puncture, annihilate, eradicate, part, torpedo, total, break up, blow out, bust up, fall to bits, fall to pieces, finish off, make hash of, pull to pieces, smash to smithereens, make mincemeat of, cleave, sunder, breach, slit, slash, pulverize, open, break open … more

Examples:

“The piñata would eventually break after being struck repeatedly by enthusiastic kids.”

“He chose to break his contract with the club after a significantly more lucrative offer was presented to him.”

“Let's break for a few minutes before we drive ourselves crazy from all this work.”

broke

To act as a broker; to transact business for another.
(obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
Synonyms:

made, headed, dashed, ran, bolted, bound, bounded, fled, rushed, advanced, darted, departed, raced, scrambled, scurried, sprinted, went, beelined, careered, headed off, hurried, hustled, left, made a break, made off, moved, scampered, scuttled, set forth, set off, set out, shot, sprant, took off, aimed, beared, cut, steered, took flight, veered, developed, followed, arose, stemmed, ensued, resulted, transpired, came about, came into being, came off … more

broke

simple past tense of break
(archaic, nonstandard or poetic) past participle of break
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breaking

present participle of break
Synonyms:

breake

Obsolete spelling of break
Examples:

“Then doo they take and breake them, as aforesaide, so that their pultrie dooth increase in such number as though they were antes.”

“July 31, 1677, I sold my bokes to Mr. Littlebury, scilicet when my impostume in my heade did breake.”

“In-built breake discs mounted on the wheels and pneumatic cylinders positioned towards the interior of the bogie to reduce the lenght of it.”

broken

past participle of break
Synonyms:

brokes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broke

breaks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break
Synonyms:

breaketh

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of break

breakest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of break

brokest

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of break
Examples:

“Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.”

“Detroit is the blackest and brokest of America's big cities.”

broked

simple past tense and past participle of broke

breaked

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of break

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