Break and Need

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Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

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

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

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Break and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

emotional	emotional break	emotional need
good	good break	good need
high	high break	high need
long	long break	long need
Other adjectives: certain, true, single, actual, real, severe, big, serious, huge, little, new, dramatic, psychological, possible, apparent, last, occasional, sudden, magical.

character	break character	need character
power	break power	need power
people	break people	need people
hand	break hand	need hand
Other words: time, way, weapon, armor.

Metal plates also tend to remain functional indefinitely unless actually pierced, while ceramic plates will break and need replacing even they stop a bullet.

Source: Bullet Proof Vest
Boktai 3 had weapons that would outright break and need to be repaired from time to time, although you could reforge them whenever you wanted to restore their durability meter.

Source: Breakable Weapons
If soloing and multiple NPC's need help, a swift kick to the zombie is often all you need to break the grapple.

Source: Video Game / Dead Island: Riptide

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