Assist and Breaks

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Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Breaks is an antonym for assist.

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Assist is an antonym for breaks in weaken topic.

An episode of Sam & Max: Freelance Police tried to inform us that there would be no commercial breaks, to better assist our viewing pleasure.

Source: Commercial Break Cliffhanger
Plot-Driven Breakdown: The carrier's catapult breaks down in the climax, preventing the launch of more aircraft to assist Maverick and Iceman. Punctuated!

Source: Film / Top Gun
Kidnapping DCI Tony Gates, Ryan forces him to assist with Tommy's plans in exchange for not being framed for the murder of his girlfriend, Jacquelyn Laverty; he subsequently breaks into the home of a mentally handicapped man, robs him, and hides Laverty's body in his fridge.

Source: Monster / Live-Action TV

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