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Broken
BROH-kuhn
/ˈbroʊkʌn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
broken
Dictionary meaning
Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split.
Examples
- A broken mirror is said to be bad luck for the one who broke it.
- The doomed relationship was littered with broken promises.
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