Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Make a point is an antonym for break.
Make a point
Make a point verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
Both terms in one sentence
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In Defender of the Crown, the Glyconese ambassador has one of the Myrmidons break a fellow slave's neck to make a point to an eight-year-old boy.
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Break the Haughty: As of "Pre-Existing Conditions" (1x03), Rorish has begun to make a point of doing this to Savetti, who is brilliant but, to put it bluntly, a complete ass to his colleagues.
Source: Series / Code Black
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