Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Recast
Both words in one sentence
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Much of Queen's video for "I Want To Break Free" was taken up by a sequence which recast the band in drag as a parody of the British soap Coronation Street.
Source: Concept Video - Swing Vote: Bud Johnson (played by Kevin Costner) through an unusual set of circumstances is force to recast an illegible ballot that will break the tie for New Mexico's Electoral Votes and by extension decide the Presidential election.
Source: Election Day Episode
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Recast and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/recast
Break & Recast. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/recast>.
Recast or Break. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/recast.
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