Break Crossword Clue Answers

HOLIDAY

spend or take a vacation
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

RESPITE

the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

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ENTRACTE

The interval between two acts of a play or opera.

FRACTURE

the act of cracking something
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
become fractured;
violate or abuse;
break into pieces;
interrupt, break, or destroy;
Broken

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ESCAPE

the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was

HIATUS

a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Break, rest, pause

RECESS

a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
an enclosure that is set back or indented
close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
a small concavity
put into a recess; "recess lights"
a state of abeyance or suspended business

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GAP

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
a pass between mountain peaks
an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
make an opening or gap in

NAP

take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"
a soft or fuzzy surface texture
a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

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LULL

a period of calm weather;
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
make calm or still;

REST

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
be at rest
a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"

RIFT

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
a narrow fissure in rock
a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
split

STOP

the event of something ending;
a spot where something halts or pauses;
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;
a brief stay in the course of a journey;
the act of stopping something;
an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
a restraint that checks the motion of something;
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;
(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes;
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;

TAME

very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
easily controlled
make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
flat and uninspiring
correct by punishment or discipline
very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

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SMASH

collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
reduce to bankruptcy;
a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got

SPLIT

division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"
extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
Croatian coastal resort
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl; "he was winning until he got a split i

Break - Crossword Clue

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