breaking, n. [fracture], [rupture]; [breach], infraction, [violation]. Associated words: [brittle], frangible, frangibility, [tenacious], [tenacity], inviolable, inviolability.

breaking out. [eruption], [rash], efflorescence, exanthema; paroxysm.

breaking out again. recrudescence.

breakup, n. disruption, [disorganization].

breakwater, n. jetty, [pier], mole, [dike].

breast, n. [chest], bosom, thorax; [teat], pap, dug, mamma. Associated words: amasty, pectoral, plastron, bib, gorget, mammillary, angina pectoris, areola, pectoriloquy, diaphragm, sternal.

breast, v. [stem], struggle with, withstand, [resist].

breastbone, n. sternum.

breastpin, n. brooch, pectoral.

breath, n. respiration.