Breaks
Starts
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The player plugs a mechanical brain into a corpse, causing the body to tense and thrash as a nearby machine starts up; said machine then breaks and starts overflowing blood.
Source: Video Game / SOMA -
After about twenty minutes of inane blathering from Jedward, Greg Davies breaks and starts mimicking Jedward's semi-surreal speech in frustration, descending into pure incoherent gibberish.
Source: Cooldown Hug - He also gets tortured enough in Hell so that he finally breaks and starts torturing others and enjoys it because it's not him on the rack anymore.
Source: And Then John Was a Zombie
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