| breaking away | departing hastily |
break breakout
jailbreak
gaolbreak
prisonbreak
prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
| failure | an unexpected omission, he resented my failure to return his call, the mechanic's failure to check the brakes |
| failure | an act that fails, his failure to pass the test |
curve curve ball
breaking ball
bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
breakage
break
breaking | the act of breaking something, the breakage was unavoidable |
fracture
crack
cracking | the act of cracking something |
breakaway
breaking away | the act of breaking away or withdrawing from, there was a breakaway by the discontented members, a breaking away from family and neighborhood |
crime
offense criminal offense
criminal offence
offence law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law, usually considered an evil act, a long record of crimes |
housebreaking
break-in
breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
fart
farting
flatus
wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
breaking off
abruption | an instance of sudden interruption |
| stress test | a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress |
| stress mark | a mark indicating the stress on a syllable |
stress emphasis
accent | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch), he put the stress on the wrong syllable |
word stress
word accent | the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word |
| sentence stress | the distribution of stresses within a sentence |
| failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose, the surprise party was a complete failure |
| breakdown equipment failure | a cessation of normal operation, there was a power breakdown |
| brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
| engine failure | engine does not run |
power outage
power failure | equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails, the ice storm caused a power outage |
fault
faulting
geological fault
shift
fracture
break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
failure
loser nonstarter
unsuccessful person | a person with a record of failing, someone who loses consistently |
| stress | (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body, the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area |
| breaking point | the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks |
| stress incontinence | urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining |
| failure | loss of ability to function normally, kidney failure |
| circulatory failure | failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues |
heart failure
coronary failure | inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions |
| congestive heart failure | inability to pump enough blood to avoid congestion in the tissues |
renal failure
kidney failure | inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance |
acute renal failure
acute kidney failure | renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract |
chronic renal failure
chronic kidney failure | renal failure that can result from a variety of systemic disorders |
fracture
break | breaking of hard tissue such as bone, it was a nasty fracture, the break seems to have been caused by a fall |
| comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed |
| complete fracture | break involving the entire width of the bone |
compound fracture
open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound |
| compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) |
| depressed fracture | fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in |
| displaced fracture | fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another |
fatigue fracture
stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury |
hairline fracture
capillary fracture | a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin |
| greenstick fracture | a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children), the bone is bent but broken on only one side |
| incomplete fracture | fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone |
| impacted fracture | fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end |
simple fracture
closed fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin |
| tension tenseness stress | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense, he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension, stress is a vasoconstrictor |
| breaking point | (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial |
posttraumatic stress disorder
PTSD | an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images |