Break
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Hoist by His Own Petard: In Super, Dark Cloak in his second form will try to squash the life out of Higgins, only to break the floor and fall into the fire.
Source: Video Game / Adventure Island -
Brick Joke: During King' first night at the hotel Norma states she's worried that Squash, the bodyguard, will break in while they're making love.
Source: Film / Victor/Victoria -
Subverted later when it turns out he was trying to trick Susan in to implicating herself in his friends' murders Shaming the Mob: The drunks who break into the funeral home and rough up Susan are shamed into leaving when they... accidentally squash one of Susan's tarantulas.
Source: Film / Kiss of the Tarantula
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