Break and Wreck

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

Usage example: hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase

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

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

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

Usage example: most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters

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Break and wreck are semantically related in ruin topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Wreck" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

emotional	emotional break	emotional wreck
full	full break	full wreck
complete	complete break	complete wreck
total	total break	total wreck
Other adjectives: nasty, actual, nervous, massive, serious, mental, psychological, psychotic.

concentration	break concentration	wreck concentration
people	break people	wreck people
system	break system	wreck system
deal	break deal	wreck deal
Other words: time, way, world, game, times.

In Heart of Steel, Alistair Mechanus is a physical wreck from a car crash, mirroring the mental wreck he is from a subsequent psychotic break.

Source: Physical Scars, Psychological Scars
Break the Haughty: Arianna is reduced from Smug Snake to stammering wreck after Harry defeats her and sends her plans crashing into ruin.

Source: Literature / Changes
While he may have energized the people around him, this inspires one of his protege to nearly wreck the timestream, and Dominick's wife to almost break up with him.

Source: Series / The Flipside Of Dominick Hide

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