"break rigor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks rigor [present, singular, third-person], breaking rigor [participle, present], broke rigor [past], broken rigor [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|breaks rigor|breaking rigor|broke rigor|broken rigor}} break rigor (third-person singular simple present breaks rigor, present participle breaking rigor, simple past broke rigor, past participle broken rigor)
  1. (mortuary technology) To manipulate a corpse in which rigor mortis has set in, (by massage, flexing joints, or brute force) in order to change the position of the body.
    Sense id: en-break_rigor-en-verb-ifhNU~a2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, rigor.
    Sense id: en-break_rigor-en-verb-43uY4REX

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