Phrase Hound found 121 phrases and 46 compound words that contain breaking. The most common are listed below. Open breaking in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 121
- breaking newsNews that has either just happened or is currently happening.
- ground-breakinginnovative, different than other things of its type.
- breaking pointThe point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break.
- breaking downpresent participle and gerund of break down
- breaking uppresent participle and gerund of break up
- breaking the bankpresent participle and gerund of break the bank
- breaking the cyclepresent participle and gerund of break the cycle
- breaking the icepresent participle and gerund of break the ice
- breaking the Internetpresent participle and gerund of break the Internet
- breaking the newspresent participle and gerund of break the news
- breaking and enteringThe crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by breaking part of a building (a lock, door, window, etc.)
- Breaking Benjamin
- breaking outpresent participle and gerund of break out
- record-breakingOf an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category.
- heart-breakingAlternative form of heartbreaking: That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
- breaking the silencepresent participle and gerund of break the silence
- breaking throughpresent participle and gerund of break through
- breaking the storypresent participle and gerund of break the story
- breaking the webpresent participle and gerund of break the web
- breaking the wheelpresent participle and gerund of break the wheel
- non-breakingNot generating a line break, as in non-breaking space or non-breaking hyphen.
- breaking capacityThe current that a fuse, circuit breaker, or other electrical apparatus is able to interrupt without being destroyed or causing an electric arc with unacceptable duration.
- breaking changeA change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications.
- breaking the sealpresent participle and gerund of break the seal
- breaking a sweatpresent participle and gerund of break a sweat
Compound words 46
- groundbreakingInnovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.
- heartbreakingThat causes great grief, anguish or distress.
- housebreakingThe act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
- backbreakingOf work, very physically tiring.
- lawbreakingunlawful; illegal.
- pathbreakingOpening a new path or approach
- icebreakingServing the purpose of breaking ice.
- strikebreakingpresent participle and gerund of strikebreak
- jawbreakingVery difficult to pronounce.
- worldbreakingThe act of destroying or throwing into disorder a world or worldview.