To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. • To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain. • To divide (something, often money) into smaller units. • To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of. • To turn an animal into a beast of burden. • To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief. • To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate. • To end the run of (a play). • To ruin financially. • To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt. • Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly. • To violate; to fail to adhere to. • To end a fever. • To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed. • To successfully treat or resist (a fever). • To end. • To begin or end. • To arrive. • To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage. • To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether. • To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression. • To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar. • To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible. • To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like. • To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce. • To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. • To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view. • To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break. • To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath. • To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc. • To become audible suddenly. • To change a steady state abruptly. • To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for. • To suddenly become. • To become deeper at puberty. • To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack. • To lose a texture. • To de-emulsify. • To become overwhipped and thus lose its texture. • To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record. • To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver. • To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement. • To remove one of the two men on (a point). • To demote; to reduce the military rank of. • To end (a connection); to disconnect. • To counter-attack. • To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. • To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength. • To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of. • To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. • To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait. • To fall out; to terminate friendship. • To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion. • To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated. • To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.