Break and Way

Break

Break noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

Usage example: in classic fashion, her big break came when, as an understudy, she took over for an ailing star

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Way and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Break".

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

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Break and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Way".

good	good break	good way
nice	nice break	nice way
best	best break	best way
long	long break	long way
Other adjectives: certain, standard, true, brutal, entire, real, big, quick, main, new, major, dramatic, possible, unusual.

Egwene in Wheel of Time is held prisoner in this position to keep her out of the way and break her back into being a novice.

Source: Scullery Maid
However, hitting an enemy this way will immediately break the weapon, meaning it's best to do this with weapons that are about to break.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The way the real Belle reacts to Gold's (Rumplestiltskin's) questions about her imprisonment suggests that she retained that break.

Source: Break The Cutie / Live-Action TV

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