Break and Dive

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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

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

Dive noun - An act or instance of diving.

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Break and dive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Dive".

Nearby Words: dived, diver, diving

long	long break	long dive
complete	complete break	complete dive
standard	standard break	standard dive
actual	actual break	actual dive
Other adjectives: entire, real, massive, huge, cool, little, infamous, quick, main, new, major, dramatic, final, apparent, last, several, sudden.

mind	break mind	dive mind
cover	break cover	dive cover
hand	break hand	dive hand
time	break time	dive time
Other words: way, game, rules, times, windows.

Those that have to dive "head-first" actually dive arms-first: using locked arms and carefully-positioned hands to break the water ahead of the head.

Source: Soft Water
A gambling syndicate offered Cincinnati pitcher Hod Eller $5,000 to take a dive, but instead he threatened to break the legs of the runner making the offer.

Source: Throwing the Fight
Nintendo Hard: Everyone marvels at the bloody spikes in the Great Wall, but in this one, you can break Lara's neck just by performing a swan dive from the starting position.

Source: Video Game / Tomb Raider III

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