Meanings
- be broken; be smashedFor a hard object to be broken into pieces.
- be broken; be violatedTo break a promise, or something.
- be hurt; be injuredTo get hurt from being hit or beaten.
- be overcome; be surmountedTo overcome or break through a challenge, record, etc.
- be renewedTo become a new state after a sudden change in atmosphere, thought, etc., that lasted awhile.
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- lose(slang) To lose a game, etc.
Examples from Lessons (3)
But it was so out of character that it actually broke my immersion.
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My concentration was broken for a second, and I lost the flow.
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I was just as terrified of breaking our relationship as you were.
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