Break and Fence

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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

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

Fence noun - A physical object that blocks the way.

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Break and fence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Fence".

Nearby Words: fenced, fencing, fencer, fenceless

certain	certain break	certain fence
small	small break	small fence
actual	actual break	actual fence
entire	entire break	entire fence
Other adjectives: massive, big, little, new, last, occasional, magical.

Similarly, horses and other large animals are sometimes kept in non-electric, unbarbed fence enclosures; they could knock down a fence section without even trying... so, naturally, they only ever break fences by mistake, because trying to knock a fence down doesn't occur to them.

Source: Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence aka: Insurmountable Waist High Fence
Death by Mocking: Some girls are trying to break into a restricted area, through an electric fence.

Source: Film / Blue Demon
This prompts him to break through the fence, made possible by deliberately weakening the wires, and since he's outside the prison it's considered another breakout.

Source: Manga / Prison School

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