briser

Meaning

1. (transitive) to break; snap
2. (reflexive) to become broken; snap

Concepts

break

shatter

smash

crack

crush

breach

break down

snap

cut

split

dash

💨

tear

defeat

destroy

ruin

break off

violate

wreck

demolish

rip

abolish

separate

severance

smashed

tear off

transgress

zigzag

break in pieces

break to pieces

falling out

handle easily

rupture

bankrupt

beat

break-down

break in two

burst

check

chip

cleave

crash

digest

dilute

divide

go against

halve

infract

interrupt

offend

rift

Synonyms

casser

rompre

fracasser

détruire

fracturer

écraser

mettre en déroute

démolir

fendre

éclater

couper

se briser

vaincre

détacher

violer

partager

diviser

réduire en miettes

arracher

abattre

rouer

ruine

séparer

supprimer

terminer

🔚

transgresser

vérifier

voyager

émietter

en zigzag

failli

il pleut

lézarder

mettre en morceaux

se détacher

semer la discorde

traiter adroitement

abaisser

rift

abolir

achever

arrêter

chute

cliver

craquer

déchirer

défaire

digérer

diluer

enfreindre

Translations

quebrar

romper

zerbrechen

vermorzelen

quebrar

zerschmettern

verbrijzelen

brechen

rompere

breken

romper

trencar

spezzare

zertrümmern

intrappen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʁi.ze/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: briser

Inherited from Old French: brisier

Cognate with Old Irish: brisid

In summary

Inherited from Middle French briser, from Old French brisier (“to break to pieces by a shock or violent blow, bust”), from Late Latin brisāre, of uncertain further origin. Possibly of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bristijan, *bristan, *brestan (“to burst, break, split, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to break, burst”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrest- (“to separate, burst”); compare English burst.

Sentences

Il cherche par ce principe à briser l’association d’un stimulus à une réponse anxieuse .

He seeks by this principle to break the association of a stimulus with an anxious response.