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   bro·ken

   /ˈbrōkən/

   verb

   • 1. past participle of break

   adjective

   • 1. having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order: "he had a broken arm" Similar smashedshatteredburstfragmentedsplinteredshiveredcrushedsnappedrenttornrupturedseparatedseveredin bitsin piecesdestroyedwreckeddemolisheddisintegratedcrackedsplitchippedinformal:in smithereens/smithersfractureddamagedinjuredmaimedOpposite wholeunbroken
   • ▪ (of a marriage or other long-term relationship) having ended. Similar failedended
   • ▪ denoting a family in which the parents are divorced or separated: "he grew up poor in a broken family"
   • ▪ (of an agreement or promise) not observed by one of the parties involved.
   • 2. (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing: "he went to his grave a broken man" Similar defeatedbeatenvanquishedoverpoweredoverwhelmedsubdueddemoralizeddispiriteddiscourageddejectedcrushedhumbleddishonoredruinedcrippled
   • 3. having breaks or gaps in continuity: "a broken white line across the road" Similar interrupteddisturbedfitfuldisrupteddisconnecteddiscontinuousfragmentaryintermittentunsettledsporadicspasmodicerratictroubledincompleteOpposite uninterrupted
   • ▪ (of speech or a language) spoken falteringly, as if overcome by emotion, or with many mistakes, as by a foreigner: "a young man talking in broken Italian" Similar haltinghesitatingdisjointedfalteringstumblingstammeringstutteringimperfectOpposite perfect
   • 4. having an uneven and rough surface: "broken ground" Similar unevenroughirregularbumpyjaggedraggedcraggyruttedpittedruttyOpposite flatsmooth

   Derivatives

   • 1. brokenly adverb
   • 2. brokenness noun

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   If something breaks, or if you break something, it is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition. If something is easily broken, it is easy to damage that thing. If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.

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   Synonyms for BREAK: disrupt, fracture, fragment, disintegrate, split, destroy, reduce, shatter; Antonyms of BREAK: fix, repair, rebuild, patch, heal, reconstruct, mend, renovate

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