Break
Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.
Edge
Edge noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.
Usage example: my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It's enough to push Jackie over the edge and break down.
Source: Series / Roseanne - In the original Soul Edge/Soul Blade Fighting Game, it was possible to break a character's weapon if it had to block too much damage, or if you used a certain special move.
Source: Breakable Weapons - She's hard and sharp as flint, but that's because she likes to test people; as Tiffany Aching notes in A Hat Full of Sky, witches do their hardest work on "the edge" (between life and death, right and wrong, and so on), and "the edge is no place for people to break."
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