Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Pour
Pour verb - To cause to flow in a stream.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Instead they break his arms and pour a pot of molten gold over his head.
Source: Truce Zone - Just in Time: Jet is about to pour bleach down Syaoran's eyes when Kurogane and Fai break down the door and beat the snot out of Jet and his gang.
Source: Fan Fic / Shatterheart -
The baseball fans tell viewers about the team that can't catch a break, while the wives sing of their loneliness while their husbands pour all their affection into caring about baseball.
Source: Musical Exposition
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Pour and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/pour
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