Add and Break

Add

Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.

Break is an antonym for add.

Nearby Words: added, adding

Break

Break verb - To diminish the price or value of.
Usage example: distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks

Add is an antonym for break.

Common collocations

character add character break character
power add power break power
word add word break word
stuff add stuff break stuff
Other words: line, time, game, story, weapon, rules, armor.

Both words in one sentence

  • Nightmare Fuel / Web Comics 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.
  • Video Game / Macross Frontier Trilogy 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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