Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Zoom
Zoom verb - To fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This Is the Part Where...: In Let's Drown Out FTL, after Yahtzee pointed out that an enemy fleet was trying to flee, Yahtzee said that, if this were to be a typical Star Trek episode, this will be the part of an ad break and a zoom in to Picard's face looking serious.
Source: Lets Play / Let's Drown Out -
Chekhov's Gun: We get some very obvious zoom ins of the old ladder rocking when people climb up and down but it doesn't come into play until the very end when Mike jumps on it to catch Liz, causing it to break and stab him.
Source: Film / The Hole -
Professor Zoom boasts to Barry that Barry can't kill him or he'd break time again.
Source: Comicbook / Flashpoint
Cite this Source
Zoom and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/zoom
Break & Zoom. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/zoom>.
Zoom or Break. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/zoom.
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