English Explanatory Dictionary

bebreak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To break to pieces; break completely; shatter; destroy.

Word forms

bebreak bebreaks bebreaking bebroke bebroken

Etymology

From Middle English *bebreken, *bibreken, from Old English bebrecan (“to break to pieces”), from Proto-West Germanic *bibrekan (“to break, shatter”), equivalent to be- + break. Cognate with Low German bebreken, German bebrechen.

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