break
verb (used with object)
to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments.
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Stingo marvels at his ability to foresee such developments as the rise of the Jewish novel and the appearance of nonbreakable phonograph records.
From Time Magazine Archive
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