Break and Rot

Break

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

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Rot and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rot" instead a verb "Break".

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

Rot verb - To become worse or of less value.

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Break and rot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Rot".

Nearby Words: rotted, rotting, rote

good	good break	good rot
real	real break	real rot
severe	severe break	severe rot
ultimate	ultimate break	ultimate rot
Other adjectives: major, commercial.

heart	break heart	rot heart
mind	break mind	rot mind
people	break people	rot people
system	break system	rot system
Other words: time, world, bones, bone.

A variation occurred in Strikeforce: Morituri; Blackthorne could break the molecular bonds of whatever she touched, causing them to rot and dissolve.

Source: Make Them Rot
This is lampshaded in a couple of Post-Script Season episodes in which other villains break Shego out of prison while leaving him to rot.

Source: Dude, Where's My Respect?
I break free and now I have to go back to rescue that little rat that left Zim to rot?

Source: Strange Minds Think Alike

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