Break and Drown

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Break verb - To penetrate the surface (as of water) from below.

Usage example: dolphins were breaking all around the boat

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Drown is an antonym for break.

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

Drown verb - To cover with a flood.

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Break is an antonym for drown.

Nearby Word: drowning

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Drown and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/drown

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