Break and Total

Break

Break verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: I broke a tooth on the hard candy

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Total and break are semantically related. in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Total" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun.

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

Total verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

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Break and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Total" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

good	good break	good total
high	high break	high total
full	full break	full total
best	best break	best total
Other adjectives: long, short, certain, initial, single, small, actual, entire, massive, big, new, possible, final, last, several, bigger.

weapon	break weapon	total weapon
armor	break armor	total armor

A subtrope of Rewarding Vandalism, where when you break something in a Video Game you receive a sum of money equal to the total cost of the damage you've caused.

Source: You Break It, You Profit
Total War: Shogun 2 and its expansions both break and continue the tradition, depending on the player.

Source: Money for Nothing
Now he's a Physical God who can break the laws of physics on a whim and has more powers in his eyes than most superheroes have in total.

Source: Flanderization / Comic Books

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