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| NOUN: | 1. An interruption in friendly relations: alienation, breach, break, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rent2, rupture, schism, split. See ASSEMBLE, HELP. 2. A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture: break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, split. See OPEN. | | VERB: | To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain: break, fracture, rive, shatter, shiver2, smash, splinter, sunder. See HELP.
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