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breakfall

American

[brayk-fawl] / ˈbreɪkˌfɔl /

noun

Martial Arts. a movement designed to safely distribute the impact of a fall in order to reduce injury.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

breakfalling

noun

Inflected Forms

noun

breakfalls

plural

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