disruption,
breakdown, discontinuity, interruption, pause, halt, cessation, opportunity,
opening, occasion
rest,
respite, breather (informal), pause, coffee break, lunch break, tea break,
sit-down
time
off, vacation, weekend trip, trip, holiday, weekend break
interruption,
pause, space, disruption, halt, stop
chance,
opportunity, opening, occasion, leg up, way in, start
smash,
fracture, rupture, shatter, split, crack, sever
antonym: mend
break
down, stop working, fail, collapse, crash, bite the dust (informal), go
kaput (informal), go down
infringe,
violate, contravene, breach, disobey, be in breach of, fall foul of,
disregard
antonym: uphold
stop,
end, interrupt, disturb, break into, cut into
take
a break, break into, have a break, rest, stop, take a breather
(informal), put your feet up, take it easy, relax, take five (informal), have
time out
beat,
surpass, exceed, top, better, crack
destroy,
shatter, crush, overwhelm, defeat, rout
become
known, make public, become public, disclose, get around, get out, be
revealed, leak out
decipher,
crack, decode, solve, unravel, unscramble