Break and Retrieved

Break

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

Retrieved is an antonym for break.

Retrieved

Definitions of Break not found.

Break is an antonym for retrieved in get back topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Rage If they don't break on contact, they fly back to you or can be retrieved from the body.
  • Lets Play / Twitch Plays Pokémon Red Though Zapdos was eventually retrieved, they took a several-hour break for fear of screwing up more.
  • Literature / Star Trek: Federation 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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Retrieved and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/retrieved
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