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[ˈbrəʊk(ə)n], (Verb)

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[ˈbrəʊk(ə)n], (Adjective)

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- having been broken
(e.g: he had a broken arm)

- (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing
(e.g: he went to his grave a broken man)

- having breaks or gaps in continuity
(e.g: a broken white line across the road)

- (of a language) spoken falteringly and with many mistakes, as by a foreigner
(e.g: a young man talking in broken Italian)

- having an uneven and rough surface
(e.g: he pressed onwards over the broken ground)


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