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View usage for: (breɪkɪdʒ) Word forms: plural breakages1. variable nounBreakage is the act of breaking something. Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage. Check that your insurance policy covers breakages and damage during removals. 2. countable noun [usually plural]A breakage is something that has been broken. Check that everything is in good repair before moving in, as you have to replacebreakages. More Synonyms of breakage breakage in British English (ˈbreɪkɪdʒ) noun1. the act or result of breaking 2. the quantity or amount broken the total breakage was enormous 3. compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc breakage in American English (ˈbreɪkˌɪdʒ) noun1. an act or instance of breaking 2. things or quantity broken 3. loss or damage due to breaking 4. the sum allowed for such loss or damage Examples of 'breakage' in a sentencebreakage Unfortunately my failure to treat the breakage with the gravity it merited tipped him into a state of near hysteria.`Anything from complaints about the food to breakage on the drill they're using to sink the shaft.Another horribly distinct breakage, with a tinkle of pieces.Fragments of the past forged into a new pattern, beauty where only breakage and loss had been, sanity rebuilt piece by piece. Definition the act or result of breaking Use a wooden-toothed comb to avoid breakages. Additional synonymsDefinition a crack, break, or gap A large battering ram hammered a breach in the wall. Synonyms opening, crack, break, hole, split, gap, rent, rift, rupture, aperture, chasm, cleft, fissureDefinition an indentation or split a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for a human to squeeze through Synonyms opening, break, crack, gap, rent, breach, fracture, rift, chink, crevice, fissure, crannyDefinition a narrow opening or fissure She watched him though a crack in the curtains. Synonyms break, chink, gap, breach, fracture, rift, cleft, crevice, fissure, cranny, interstice- break up
- break with something or someone
- breakable
- breakage
- breakaway
- breakdown
- breaker
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