Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Fall through and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fall through" instead a verb "Break".
Fall through
Fall through verb - Fail utterly; collapse.
Break and fall through are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Fall through".
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Electrified Bathtub: An actress is nearly killed when a huge industrial light falls into the puddle created after a burst of scalding water causes her to fall through and break a glass shower door.
Source: Literature / Blood Rites -
In the Dresden novel Blood Rites, an actress is nearly killed when a huge industrial light falls into the puddle created after a burst of scalding water causes her to fall through and break a glass shower door.
Source: Electrified Bathtub -
The shaft does however break apart and fall through the ceiling once two people are inside it, crashing to the floor below and alerting the guards.
Source: Air-Vent Passageway
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