Break and Contingency

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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Contingency and break are semantically related In some cases you can use "Contingency" instead a noun "Break".

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

Contingency noun - Something that might happen.

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Break and contingency are semantically related in possibility topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Contingency".

Nearby Words: contingent, contingently

single	single break	single contingency
small	small break	small contingency
ultimate	ultimate break	ultimate contingency
given	given break	given contingency
Other adjectives: possible, final.

Prison Break: Michael manages to out-gambit his enemies several times throughout the series with backup and contingency plans.

Source: Out-Gambitted aka: Out Gambit
In the Duckman episode "Room With a Bellevue", Cornfed has to break Duckman out of an insane asylum, and so flips through his large collection of previously-prepared contingency plans to find the appropriate one.

Source: Foreshadowing

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