Break and Stir

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Break verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

Usage example: the final vote broke the deadlock

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Stir is an antonym for break.

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

Stir verb - To cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly.

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Break is an antonym for stir.

Nearby Words: stirring, stirred

good	good break	good stir
big	big break	big stir
serious	serious break	serious stir
huge	huge break	huge stir
Other adjectives: little, major, minor.

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