Acquire
Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It's possible to sequence break and acquire the Screw Attack before you go to fight Ridley.
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Persona 4 Golden: The Animation: Before and after the commercial break, the show has cut-in stills of the main characters in various costumes you can acquire in the game Persona 4 Golden.
Source: Eye Catch - It isn't that you're setting out to break copyright law...you'd be more than happy to pay to acquire it legally!
Source: Keep Circulating the Tapes
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