(a) To break (something) to pieces, break in two, shatter, tear; (b) to weaken or enfeeble (a person), to corrupt (the mind or spirit); (c) to crush (an army), defeat utterly; fig. to humble (the……
(a) To break (an object) into parts; dash to pieces; destroy the wholeness of (an object); shatter (a weapon) in combat; crush (the human body, etc.); breken atwo, breken asonder, breken in peces……
