breaking

noun
/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/

The act by which something is broken.

Other meanings

A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.

Related words

barns-breaking
car breaking
breaking change
breaking news
late-breaking
record-breaking
breaking and entering
breaking of the waters
sequence breaking
strike breaking
backbreaking
breakingly

Example sentences

“Can you see the light breaking through?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Are you breaking out?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“While this is a breaking change, no actual effect should be visible.”
Tatoeba · hecko2 · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “breaking” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.