break
verb (used with object)
to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments.
will have broken
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future perfectof break.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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With both numbers hitting all-time highs, the company will have broken its own records for both sales and operating profit for four consecutive quarters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
"And the dam wall will have broken - it'll be impossible for other states not to follow suit eventually."
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
Depending on which gloomy study you read, somewhere between everyone and everyone and their brother will have broken their New Year’s resolutions by Feb. 14.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
“And so I just am really proud that little girls will be able to redirect their imaginations in other ways, because my mother will have broken down this barrier.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2016
"Nannie will have broken it to her— poor, dear old Nannie!" he said to himself, pounding a stamp down on the envelope, "but of course it's proper to announce it myself."
From The Iron Woman by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
