briser
French → English
verb//bʁi.ze//
(physical) To shatter: to break something into many pieces with force; to smash
Ils avaient brisé les portes à coups de crosse.
(English) They had smashed the doors with rifle butts.
Son étrave était brisée en quatre endroits par le choc.
(English) Its bow was shattered in four places by the impact.
verb//bʁi.ze//
(interruption) To crush: to abruptly stop an effort or momentum; to break
Tout à coup, deux coups de feu brisent le silence.
(English) Suddenly, two gunshots break the silence.
Il fallut une guerre pour briser le puritanisme économique.
(English) It took a war to crush economic puritanism.
Entry ID: fr:en:briser · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary