This answer set for “Break” includes entries that were accepted in real puzzles. Each item on the list is a practical solution that has proven valid when this clue has appeared before.
Answer List:
- FRACTURE
- SMASH
- PAUSE
- HIATUS
- SNAP
- STOP
- SHATTER
- DISCONTINUITY
- GAP
- INTERMISSION
- INTERRUPTION
- REST
- RUPTURE
- INTERVAL
- BUST
- INTERLUDE
- RESPITE
- SMASHUP
- RECESS
- SPLIT
Synonyms and Definitions
FRACTURE
- Synonyms: crack, cracking, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift
SMASH
- Synonyms: bang, bang up, bankrupt, bash, belt, blast, boom, crash, crush, dash, demolish, hit, knock, nail, overhead, ruin, smash up, smash-up, smasher, strike
PAUSE
- Synonyms: hesitate, intermission, intermit, interruption, suspension
HIATUS
- Synonyms: abatement, foramen, reprieve, respite
SNAP
- Synonyms: break down, breeze, bust, catch, centering, childs play, cinch, click, duck soup, elasticity, flick, ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap, grab, lose it, photograph, picnic, piece of cake, press stud, pushover, rupture, shoot, shot, snap bean, snap fastener, snapshot, snarl, snatch, snatch up, tear, walkover
STOP
- Synonyms: arrest, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, blockage, break off, cease, check, closure, contain, diaphragm, discontinue, end, finish, full point, full stop, give up, halt, hitch, hold back, hold on, intercept, kibosh, lay off, layover, occlusion, occlusive, period, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, point, quit, stay, stop consonant, stop over, stopover, stoppage, terminate, turn back
GAP
- Synonyms: breach, col, disruption, opening, spread
INTERMISSION
- Synonyms: pause
INTERRUPTION
- Synonyms: gap
REST
- Synonyms: balance, breathe, catch ones breath, ease, eternal rest, eternal sleep, lie, perch, pillow, quietus, relaxation, relief, remain, remainder, repose, reside, residual, residue, residuum, rest period, roost, sleep, take a breather
RUPTURE
- Synonyms: falling out, rift, severance, snap
INTERVAL
- Synonyms: musical interval, separation, time interval
BUST
- Synonyms: binge, bout, broke, burst, fall apart, female chest, fizzle, flop, raid, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke, wear, wear out
INTERLUDE
- Synonyms: entracte, intermezzo
RESPITE
- Synonyms: hiatus, recess, rest, time out
RECESS
- Synonyms: adjourn, break up, corner, deferral, inlet, niche, recession
SPLIT
- Synonyms: break open, carve up, cleave, disconnected, dissever, disunited, divide, fragmented, part, rent, rip, rive, schism, separate, snag, split up, stock split
- Definition: Stretching the legs perpendicular to the body, with one positioned in the front and the other in the back.