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- verb transitive, intransitive To
break to pieces; break completely;shatter ;destroy .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *bebreken, *bibreken, from Old English bebrecan ("to break to pieces"), from Proto-Germanic *bibrekanan (“to break, shatter”), equivalent to be- + break. Cognate with Low German bebreken, German bebrechen.
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