Break and Emphasize

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Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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

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

Emphasize verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.

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Break and emphasize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Emphasize".

More generally, shoujo manga and anime (and related genres) will have the background break out in unexplained flowers to emphasize a character's beauty, goodness, or emotional state.

Source: Flower Motifs
Magid and Millat individually break and disfigure their noses in the exact same place, as if to emphasize just how alike they look...and yes, this does become important at the climax.

Source: Literature / White Teeth
John Kricfalusi has repeatedly stated that if you don't break model to emphasize the character's actions, you might as well be doing live action.

Source: Off Model / Western Animation

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