Break and Resort

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

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Resort is an antonym for break.

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

Resort verb - Have recourse to.

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Break is an antonym for resort in make use of topic.

Nearby Words: resorting, resorted

full	full break	full resort
nice	nice break	nice resort
complete	complete break	complete resort
small	small break	small resort
Other adjectives: entire, massive, serious, little, infamous, main, famous, new, major, final, last.

Occasionally, the fighters will resort to something more nonsensical during the break, such as fixing their hair or yelling at a friend/sibling/teammate.

Source: Mid-Battle Tea Break
Kissing Valanice won't break the spell, leaving Graham to resort to another method to break the enchantment.

Source: True Love's Kiss
Sure, Diabolik and Eva always break out in the end, but that's because they're just that good, and have to resort to increasingly complex plans.

Source: The Guards Must Be Crazy

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