| discontinuity |
an interruption or break; gap. [1/2 definitions] |
| disengage |
to break off a military engagement with. [1/4 definitions] |
| disintegrate |
to come apart; break down into component parts or fragments. [2/3 definitions] |
| disperse |
to break up and scatter. [1/5 definitions] |
| disrupt |
to interrupt or break off, usu. temporarily. [1/2 definitions] |
| dissever |
to break or divide into parts. [1/3 definitions] |
| dissolve |
to break up or dismiss (a legislative body or the like). [1/11 definitions] |
| disunite |
to break up the union of; divide. [1/2 definitions] |
| egg tooth |
a toothlike growth on the noses or beaks of very young reptiles and birds with which they break the egg membrane or shell when hatching. |
| erupt |
to break or explode out of a restrained or confined condition. [4/6 definitions] |
| fall apart |
to break into pieces. [1/4 definitions] |
| fault |
a break in a body of rock that is part of the earth's crust, with the result that the planes of contiguous surfaces are displaced. [1/7 definitions] |
| flaw1 |
a crack or break. [1/5 definitions] |
| fraction |
to divide up or break into parts or fragments. [1/4 definitions] |
| fracture |
a break, crack, or rupture. [3/7 definitions] |
| fragment |
to break or shatter into pieces; disintegrate. [2/3 definitions] |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| friable |
easy to crumble, break, or reduce to powder; crumbly, as certain rocks. |
| gad2 |
to break up or dislodge (ore or rocks) with a gad. [1/3 definitions] |
| glide |
in music, a passing without pause or break from one note to another. [1/9 definitions] |
| harrow |
a farm implement that has spikes or vertical disks mounted on a heavy frame and is used to break up and level plowed ground. [2/4 definitions] |