Break and Impede

Break

Break verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

Usage example: the final vote broke the deadlock

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Impede and break are semantically related in frustrate topic. In some cases you can use "Impede" instead a verb "Break".

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

Impede verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

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Break and impede are semantically related in frustrate topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Impede".

Nearby Words: impediment, impeding

character	break character	impede character
story	break story	impede story

Empathic Environment: In Advance 15, as the calm mood begins to break into tension and conflict, storm clouds impede on the casts' sunny beach day.

Source: Fanfic / Beyond The Winding Road
If, on the other hand, they live in an environment with laws that they consider unjust, or which impede them in doing what they internally define as Good, then they will quite happily (although usually a bit more hesitantly and carefully than Chaotic) break said laws.

Source: Neutral Good

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