Break and Exercise

Break

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

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

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

Exercise verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.

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Break and exercise are semantically related in do repeatedly topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Exercise".

Nearby Words: exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercizing, exercized

good	good break	good exercise
long	long break	long exercise
true	true break	true exercise
actual	actual break	actual exercise
Other adjectives: entire, real, massive, big, huge, little, major, dramatic, mental, final, last, extended, relaxing.

mind	break mind	exercise mind
power	break power	exercise power
control	break control	exercise control
deal	break deal	exercise deal
Other words: time, rule, story, arms, laws.

Shell-Shocked Veteran: Jake Hanson is one of these, and ends up having a psychotic break from a combination of this and drug use - during a live-fire exercise being overseen by Stonebridge.

Source: Series / Strike Back
Break the Cutie: Existing is a long exercise in a Leviathan's mental fortitude, seeing if he dies before he snaps.

Source: Tabletop Game / Leviathan: The Tempest
Upon his release, he laments having eventually broken and is informed that that is the point of the exercise—it doesn't stop until you break.

Source: Unwinnable Training Simulation

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