Break and Issue

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Issue and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Issue" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun.

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

Issue verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.

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Break and issue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Issue" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

full	full break	full issue
standard	standard break	standard issue
single	single break	single issue
actual	actual break	actual issue
Other adjectives: entire, real, big, serious, huge, little, main, new, major, mental, given, final, minor, next, last, bigger, biggest.

Played for Drama in an issue of Black Panther, where one of the rules for tribal duels is that opponents get a break from combat whenever either of them requests it.

Source: Mid-Battle Tea Break
The first issue of the series wasn't even able to break the top 10 of the month, and the second issue dropped all the way to barely making the top 50.

Source: Hollywood Hype Machine
Pseudo Crisis: Almost every commerical break is led into by one of these, with the team resolving the issue or completing the task right after from coming back from the break.

Source: Series / The Amazing Race

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