breaking

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There to him came Ganelon, who seized his spear and broke it in pieces before his eyes, and the noise of the breaking was as the noise of thunder.

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  1. noun The change of a simple vowel to a diphthong, especially in various Germanic languages, often caused by the influence of neighboring consonants.
  2. noun A form of urban dance involving styles such as rocking, popping, and b-boying, usually performed to funk. Also called break dancing.

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  • Steve Tschoepe, chairman of the Texas Theatre Task Force, said the ground-breaking is the result of 10 years of work by his group and the Seguin Conservation Society. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • Those early athletes were regularly fined for rule-breaking, and the money was used to build statues of Zeus, god of the games.
  • The crimes committed range from house-breaking, theft, possession of dagga to assault, said spokesperson Constable Edwin Ntsheo.
  • The addition of video is ground-breaking, and will open up new possibilities that will be fun to explore, even though I wish it handled motion better than it does. —  Imaging Resource News Page
  • The committee makes a public announcement when it begins an investigation of potential rule-breaking, which is conducted by an investigative subcommittee whose members also are made public. —  WCAX - Local News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Translation of German Brechung.

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  1. Verbal noun of break, v.; = German brechung.
 

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