" break cover "

1: to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly;

  * e.g., " ... hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break up,

•  bust,

•  disintegrate,

•  dismember,

•  disrupt,

•  fracture,

•  fragment,

•  rive

•  Antonyms : 

•  advance,

•  elevate,

•  promote,

•  raise

2: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;

  * e.g., " ... the final vote broke the deadlock "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break off,

•  break up,

•  can,

•  cease,

•  cut off,

•  cut out,

•  desist (from),

•  discontinue,

•  drop,

•  end,

•  give over,

•  halt,

•  knock off,

•  lay off,

•  leave off,

•  pack (up or in),

•  quit,

•  shut off,

•  stop

•  Antonyms : 

•  cipher,

•  code,

•  encipher,

•  encode,

•  encrypt

3: to bring to a lower grade or rank;

  * e.g., " ... the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bust,

•  degrade,

•  demote,

•  disrate,

•  downgrade,

•  reduce

•  Antonyms : 

•  comply (with),

•  conform (to),

•  follow,

•  mind,

•  obey,

•  observe