Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Break
Break verb - To diminish the price or value of.
Usage example: distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Add in the fact that attempts to break this events are actively opposed by the government, and you have one hell of a Crapsaccharine World.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Web Comics -
These packs also add an extra bar of health and change the mechs' weapons and Limit Break.
- Add the Sack to the D20 can break the game, as the possibility to spawn chests, which drop sacks, which drop even more sacks, can just spawn hilarious amounts of items.
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