Break and Extend

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Break

Break verb - To come to a temporary halt in one's activity.
Usage example: she broke from her ruminations to find that it was already dinnertime
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Extend is an antonym for break.
Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Extend

Extend verb - To make longer.
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Synonyms for Extend
Antonyms for Extend
Break is an antonym for extend.
Nearby Words: extended, extent, extensive, extension, extending
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Common collocations

arm break arm extend arm
power break power extend power
contract break contract extend contract
control break control extend control
Other words: line, chain, hand, limit, time, way, cycle, story, arms, neck, combo.

Both words in one sentence

  • Impossibly Cool Weapon It can also extend to about the range of a frickin' arrow in order to impale all enemies in front of him and break their armor.
    Source: Impossibly Cool Weapon
  • BFS Squall takes this trope Up to Eleven with his Blasting Zone Limit Break... by sending energy through the blade to extend it so much it reaches all the way into space!
    Source: BFS
  • Visual Novel / Sweet Fuse At Your Side Wakasa attempts to extend Friendly Address Privileges on the first night if Saki chooses to hang out with him during break time, but she doesn't actually start calling him "Towa" until much later in his route.
    Source: Visual Novel / Sweet Fuse At Your Side
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