Break and Damage

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Break verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: I broke a tooth on the hard candy

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Damage is a synonym for break in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Damage" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun.

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

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply

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Break is a synonym for damage in loss topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Damage" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

emotional	emotional break	emotional damage
good	good break	good damage
high	high break	high damage
full	full break	full damage
Other adjectives: actual, real, severe, massive, big, serious, huge, little, permanent, major, mental, psychological, possible, minor, magical.

mind	break mind	damage mind
character	break character	damage character
time	break time	damage time
way	break way	damage way
Other words: world, weapon, armor, shields.

It is also possible to damage or break the magazine or handle of the weapon, depending on the model and the force of the blow.

Source: Pistol-Whipping
In NASCAR, Carl Edwards once managed to break/damage something (either his leg, arm, or hand) while playing Frisbee.

Source: Cut Himself Shaving
Just make sure you have something to prevent fall damage or break your fall (water, liquid honey, Pink Slime Blocks) when you hit the bottom.

Source: Video Game / Terraria

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