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Learn to pronounce bro·ken

/ˈbrōkən/
verb
past participle of break1.

adjective
  1. having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order.
    "he had a broken arm"
    synonyms: smashed, shattered, burst, fragmented, splintered, shivered, crushed, snapped, rent, torn, ruptured, separated, severed, in bits, in pieces, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, disintegrated, cracked, split, chipped, in smithereens/smithers, fractured, damaged, injured, maimed
  2. (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing.
    "he went to his grave a broken man"
    synonyms: defeated, beaten, vanquished, overpowered, overwhelmed, subdued, demoralized, dispirited, discouraged, dejected, crushed, humbled, dishonored, ruined, crippled
  3. having breaks or gaps in continuity.
    "a broken white line across the road"
    synonyms: interrupted, disturbed, fitful, disrupted, disconnected, discontinuous, fragmentary, intermittent, unsettled, sporadic, spasmodic, erratic, troubled, incomplete
  4. having an uneven and rough surface.
    "broken ground"
    synonyms: uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy, jagged, ragged, craggy, rutted, pitted, rutty

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