Break and Drawback

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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

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

Drawback noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

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Break and drawback are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Drawback".

notable	notable break	notable drawback
single	single break	single drawback
nasty	nasty break	nasty drawback
small	small break	small drawback
Other adjectives: actual, real, severe, massive, big, serious, huge, little, slight, main, new, major, minor, unusual, last, biggest.

Of course, this comes with the drawback that it's the easiest Persona to break, since it's out almost all the time.

Source: Puppet Fighter
The company policy is that when a mercenary is arrested they stay put and don't break anything, because posting bail is fairly cheap and doesn't have the drawback of making the government issue a warrant for you in case you want to come back to the system.

Source: Self-Restraint
Necessary Drawback: As befitting the genre, disables are very powerful that they tend to make or break engagements.

Source: Video Game / Heroes of the Storm

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