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braking, breaking, breaking
braking (BRAY king) (verb)
Using a device for slowing or stopping something; such as, a vehicle: The vehicle in front of Jim was braking suddenly because a cat ran across the street in front of it.
breaking (BRAY king) (verb)
Separating something into parts or pieces often in a sudden and forceful or violent way: Samantha was so upset that she was throwing and breaking dishes on the floor out of frustration.
breaking (BRAY king) (noun)
Something unexpected that is news known publicly for the first time: The television station often presents Breaking News; sometimes excessively.
Peter was afraid of braking the car too swiftly and accidentally breaking the windshield; because in his small town, that would be considered BREAKING news!
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
(page 7)
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“breaking”
(Latin: break, breaking; broken; cracked)
(Greek: used as a suffix; rupture of an organ or vessel; a breaking forth, bursting)
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“breaking”
breaking and entering
"Even the opening of a closed and unlocked door or window is sufficient to constitute a 'breaking' within terms of [legal] statute, so long as it is done with a burglarious intent." —Black's Law Dictionary.
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
(page 3)