Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Tease
Tease verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.
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Both words in one sentence
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Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone: Cassandra uses this trope to tease Emily, when Micah and Emily are talking in the break room.
Source: Series / Emily Owens, M.D. -
For example Im Giving You A Night Call: Ed and Roy argue and tease each other fiercely but are still attracted to each other despite their break-up.
Source: Belligerent Sexual Tension -
The episode Hearthbreakers doesn't as much tease a ship with Marble Pie as it does break a champagne bottle over a freshly-launched ship.
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