Break and Prevail

Break

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

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

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

Prevail verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).

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Break and prevail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Prevail".

Nearby Words: prevailing, prevalent

people	break people	prevail people
time	break time	prevail time

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Driftwood is rude, abusive, screwy, cheap, thieving, and a Manipulative Bastard, but he sees to it the good guys prevail and that the lovers Riccardo and Rosa get their big break.

Source: Film / A Night at the Opera
The Place Promised in Our Early Days and Children Who Chase Lost Voices - the former says that love can prevail and unite people against all odds, but the latter reminds the viewer that there is one barrier that nothing can break - death.

Source: Spiritual Antithesis

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