Breaking
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Destruction of the throat, neck, or lower face, including cutting a victim's throat with serrated blades, snapping through their windpipe with a powerful bite, or variously breaking or crushing their neck or lower jaw
Source: The Joys of Torturing Mooks -
Domestic Abuse: Lillian Rearden and Jim Taggart each got married for the sheer, sadistic joy of psychologically crushing and breaking a person.
Source: Literature / Atlas Shrugged -
Creepy Child: Glen Bishop, who's escalated from crushing on Betty Draper to crushing on Sally Draper to breaking and entering (while sparing Sally's room alone in the Draper home).
Source: Series / Mad Men
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