Pronunciation spelling of breaking.

(law) The crime of gaining unauthorized entry into another's property, usually by force.

present participle of break and enter

News that has either just happened or is currently happening.

present participle of break

The act by which something is broken. / (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong. / (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones. / Breakdancing.

(baseball) A curveball.

Alternative form of backbreaking

In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some mistakes are made or some sacrifices must occur.

(computing) A change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications.