Break and Cause

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

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Cause is an antonym for break in topics: weaken, destroy, run away, emerge, better a performance.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Break is an antonym for cause.

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

good	good break	good cause
initial	initial break	initial cause
true	true break	true cause
single	single break	single cause
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, serious, huge, little, main, ultimate, new, major, possible, apparent, biggest.

If he's under More Than Mind Control, attempting to make him break it will cause him to break free of the control instead.

Source: Intrinsic Vow
Do it too long, and you might cause the engine to explode, or overstress some other component connected to the engine and cause it to break.

Source: Over Drive
Parts would break on a monthly basis, and plastic pieces in the engine would cause it to break down faster.

Source: The Alleged Car / Real Life

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