Break and Expand

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Break

Break verb - To diminish the price or value of.
Usage example: distressing economic news that will break many energy stocks
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Expand is an antonym for break.
Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Expand

Expand verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.
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Break is an antonym for expand.
Nearby Words: expanded, expanse, expansion, expansive, expanding
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Common collocations

mind break mind expand mind
character break character expand character
power break power expand power
control break control expand control
Other words: system, line, time, world, game, story.

Both words in one sentence

  • Unlike Wikipedia (which is still bounded by deletions) and more like Spiral Power, Tropes will simply expand to incorporate all media and break any walls in the way.
    Source: WMG / TV Tropes aka: TV Tropes Wiki
  • Hopeless War The militaries as well as the Huntsmen and Huntresses are just enough to hold the line, but all attempts to break out and expand have ended in failure.
    Source: Hopeless War
  • Manga / Crimson Spell He and Vald first begin traveling together because helping him expand his collection is the price Havi requests of Vald in return for figuring out how to break Vald's curse.
    Source: Manga / Crimson Spell
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