Both words in one sentence
- He had fallen in lust with his mark and was going to let her go until she tripped and broke her neck.
Source: Make It Look Like an Accident -
In this case the directness of the animal is justified in that it was trained with the victims' scents, the villain stole the nephew's boot, and it accidentally "killed" (tripped and broke his neck running away) another man who was wearing the nephew's clothes.
Source: Animal Assassin - Turns out that, years earlier, Alex tripped her and broke her leg and nearly blinded her with a laser pointer.
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Tripped and Broke. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/broke/tripped
Broke & Tripped. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/broke/tripped>.
Tripped or Broke. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/broke/tripped.
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