Synonyms for breaking
ˈbreɪ kɪŋbreak·ing

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1. breakage, break, breakingnoun

   the act of breaking something

   "the breakage was unavoidable"

   Synonyms:
   recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, gaolbreak, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, interruption, shift, break, time out, severance, pause, open frame, breach, disruption, jailbreak, gap, falling out, prisonbreak, breakage, rupture, intermission, breakout

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1. • Change Of Integrity

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1. breakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   rupture, fracture

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1. breakingnoun

   Synonyms:
   fracture, rupture, breach, infraction, violation

   Associated words:
   brittle, frangible, frangibility, tenacious, tenacity, inviolable, inviolability

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1. List of paraphrases for "breaking":

   break, rupture, breakage, violating, breakdown, broken, breaching, dismantling, breach, infringing

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1. Jonathan Sehring:

   We're exploring whether or not to get back into the production business, aMC Networks is working with great storytellers, be it something like 'Breaking Bad' or 'Mad Men' or 'Walking Dead,' so will we get back into it? We're looking at it seriously.

2. Gretchen VanOstrand:

   You can take it with you because objects don’t just disappear like some people do, intent to remind and to continue breaking, like china cups fragile hearts

3. Douglas Thisera:

   People who live near mangroves tell us the trees act as a buffer against the wind and heavy rains, breaking their intensity just before they make landfall.

4. Xiomara CastroCastro:

   Two hundred years have passed since our independence was proclaimed. We're breaking chains and we're breaking traditions.

5. Chief Executive Tom Enders:

   Obviously we watch our markets with great interest, but at this point I have no reason to believe that the Chinese market is breaking down or anything like that.