destruction; disruption; (application) crash
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
explosion; rupture; break off
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
breaking off an engagement
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
unheard-of; unprecedented
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
running the whole distance
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
environmental destruction
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
water breaking (during pregnancy)
depraved monk; sinful priest
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
(sense of) crushing evil and spreading the truth
complete destruction; demolition
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil
bankrupt person; insolvent person
self-destruction; self-sabotage
breaking out of prison; jailbreak
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis; cardioclasis
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
broken mirror; marital separation; divorce; partially-eclipsed moon
breaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)
abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
tumbledown or dilapidated house
adjudication of bankruptcy
artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)
trustee or administrator in bankruptcy
mutual assured destruction
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
Clostridium tetani (tetanus bacillus)
iconoclasm; image breaking
uterine rupture; hysterorrhexis; metrorrhexis
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
driving characteristics; road handling ability
infamous crime or offense (offence)
(ceremonial) bow used to drive off evil; toy bow and arrow
marriage breakup; divorce; engagement breakup
(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act
karahafu; bow-shaped eaves of a gabled roof; undulating gable; cusped gable
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
rate of destruction; destruction ratio
Saiha; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; (lit.) a broken mirror will never shine again
economic collapse; financial failure; bankruptcy
subversive; subversive element
breaking into a hearty laugh
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
shabby clothes and an old hat
(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act
bottle breakage; broken bottle
establishing and refuting (a doctrine)
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis
opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
(girl's arrival at) puberty
hebephrenia; disorganized schizophrenia (disorganised)
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
voiceless retroflex plosive
hydrofracturing; hydraulic fracturing; fracking; fraccing
United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
unreleased stop; applosive
crushable; breakable; friability
hydraulic fracturing; fracking
guillotine break; guillotine rupture
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
bargeboard; vergeboard; gableboard
breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting long-standing abuses