Attach and Break

Attach

Attach verb - To cause (something) to hold to another.

Break is an antonym for attach.

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

Attach is an antonym for break in topics: shatter, weaken, destroy, run away, emerge.

Common collocations

arm attach arm break arm
chain attach chain break chain
hand attach hand break hand
weapon attach weapon break weapon
Other words: arms, legs.

Both words in one sentence

  • Of course, Main Drain takes care of their stupidity and burrows his tentacles underground to attach to the Zeo Megazord, suck out all its power and temporarily break the sabre in half.
  • Film / The Musketeer MacGyvering: The Musketeers attach a fuse to a wine cask and use it to blow open the door during a Jail Break.
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