BROKEN
Definition of BROKEN
- (verb)terminate or end
- (verb)become separated into pieces or fragments
- (verb)render inoperable or ineffective
- (verb)ruin completely
- (verb)destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- (verb)act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (verb)move away or escape suddenly
- (verb)scatter or part
- (verb)force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- (verb)prevent completion
- (verb)enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- (verb)make submissive, obedient, or useful
- (verb)fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (verb)surpass in excellence
- (verb)make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- (verb)come into being
- (verb)stop operating or functioning
- (verb)interrupt a continued activity
- (verb)make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- (verb)curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- (verb)lessen in force or effect
- (verb)be broken in
- (verb)come to an end
- (verb)vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- (verb)cause to give up a habit
- (verb)give up
- (verb)come forth or begin from a state of latency
- (verb)happen or take place
- (verb)cause the failure or ruin of
- (verb)invalidate by judicial action
- (verb)discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- (verb)assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- (verb)reduce to bankruptcy
- (verb)change directions suddenly
- (verb)emerge from the surface of a body of water
- (verb)break down, literally or metaphorically
- (verb)do a break dance
- (verb)exchange for smaller units of money
- (verb)destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- (verb)make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- (verb)separate from a clinch, in boxing
- (verb)go to pieces
- (verb)break a piece from a whole
- (verb)become punctured or penetrated
- (verb)pierce or penetrate
- (verb)be released or become known; of news
- (verb)cease an action temporarily
- (verb)interrupt the flow of current in
- (verb)undergo breaking
- (verb)find a flaw in
- (verb)find the solution or key to
- (verb)change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- (verb)happen
- (verb)become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- (verb)crack; of the male voice in puberty
- (verb)fall sharply
- (verb)fracture a bone of
- (verb)diminish or discontinue abruptly
- (verb)weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- (adj)subdued or brought low in condition or status
- (adj)tamed or trained to obey
- (adj)topographically very uneven
- (adj)imperfectly spoken or written
- (adj)thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- (adj)weakened and infirm
- (adj)destroyed financially
- (adj)out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
- (adj)discontinuous
- (adj)lacking a part or parts
- (adj)physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- (adj)not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- (adj)(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded