Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Break Out the Museum Piece: Newbury wards off some assailants using an axe and a flail that had been mounted on the wall.
Source: Literature / Affinity Bridge -
In fighting for the controls, they cause Robo-Marisa to flail wildly and eventually break its head off, much to Patchy and Alice's horror.
Source: Webcomic / Life of Maid -
He already has a pair of nunchuku strapped to his back, but he decides that that just isn't badass enough and finds a giant marble column to break in half and affix to the ends of his nunchaku to make a humongous super-flail.
Source: Epic Flail
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