Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Retrieved
Both words in one sentence
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If they don't break on contact, they fly back to you or can be retrieved from the body.
Source: Video Game / Rage -
Though Zapdos was eventually retrieved, they took a several-hour break for fear of screwing up more.
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Offscreen Moment of Awesome: The Romulans claim that a Borg artifact they're giving the Enterprise was retrieved when a Romulan freighter collided with a Borg cube and managed to break a piece away by pure mechanical force.
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