break silence in English

Forms: breaks silence [present, singular, third-person], breaking silence [participle, present], broke silence [past], broken silence [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> silence}} break silence (third-person singular simple present breaks silence, present participle breaking silence, simple past broke silence, past participle broken silence)

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    {
      "form": "breaks silence",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "breaking silence",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke silence",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken silence",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Breaking radio silence risked disclosing our presence."
        },
        {
          "text": "They were ostracized for breaking the blue wall of silence about police misconduct."
        }
      ],
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        "To breach a norm against communication or against communicating a specific type of information."
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks silence",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking silence",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke silence",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken silence",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> silence"
      },
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          "text": "Breaking radio silence risked disclosing our presence."
        },
        {
          "text": "They were ostracized for breaking the blue wall of silence about police misconduct."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To breach a norm against communication or against communicating a specific type of information."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break silence"
}

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"break silence" meaning in English

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