Break
Scrabble
Scrabble verb - To move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Break the Haughty: Most recent appearances have her powers removed by Thor and exiled to a remote mountainous part of Sweden where she lives a fairly hard-scrabble life of hunting and chopping up wood for fuel.
Source: Comic Book / The Enchantress -
So if you're in a tournament, check the list first; if you're playing Scrabble in the parlor, better break out that OED or make sure your opponent doesn't know about the expurgation before you put down FUCK.
Source: Tabletop Game / Scrabble -
Wheel of Fortune and Scrabble are the only shows that have ever played this straight (although the 1985 show Break the Bank did it when throwing to commercial), and even then, Wheel's chant has been the same pre-recorded one on all but a handful of occasions.
Source: Dead Unicorn Trope
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