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bebreak

bebreak verb: to break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.

Verb

bebreak (third-person singular simple present bebreaks, present participle bebreaking, simple past bebroke, past participle bebroken)

  1. (ambitransitive) To break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.
    • This miserable snare staied all his good purposes, and needs must bebreak them, to put this great Soul into full liberty.1678, Nicolas Caussin, Hawkins, The Holy Court in Five Tomes
    • Additionally all rulings in the revolutionary and clerical courts are final and cannot bebreak; overturned.2008, Dr Yonah Alexander, Milton M. Hoenig, The New Iranian Leadership

Forms of bebreak

third-person singular presentbebreaks
present participlebebreaking
pastbebroke
past participlebebroken

Origin of bebreak

From Middle English *bebreken, *bibreken, from Old English bebrecan (“to break to pieces”), from Proto-West Germanic *bibrekan (“to break, shatter”), equivalent to be- + break. Cognate with Low German bebreken, German bebrechen.

Questions about bebreak

What does bebreak mean?
Bebreak means to break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.
What part of speech is bebreak?
Bebreak is a verb.
What is the past tense of bebreak?
The past tense of bebreak is bebroke.

Words near bebreak in the dictionary

  1. bebothers
  2. bebouldered
  3. Bebout
  4. Bebouts
  5. Bebra
  6. bebreak
  7. bebreaking
  8. bebreaks
  9. bebreeched
  10. Bebrina
  11. bebroke

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