Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Recruits
Both words in one sentence
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At one point in Conquests of the Longbow, Robin needs to break three prospective recruits out of the Sheriff's dungeon before they can be hanged.
Source: Drinking on Duty - To a lesser extent, recruits and even soldiers occasionally break before those horrors.
Source: Conditioned to Accept Horror -
This isn't intented as a break for the recruits, but rather that they aren't going to get any brownie points for doing military stuff they already know how to do.
Source: Literature / Starship Troopers
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