1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists.
3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of.
4. Totally destroy; reduce to nothing.
To coat (food) with batter for frying.
To give a receding upward slope to (as a wall)
1. To break into pieces; SYN. fragment, fragmentize.
2. To cause to separate; SYN. disperse, scatter.
3. To come apart.
4. To separate (said of couples), usually definitively.
5. To laugh unrestrainedly; SYN. crack up.
6. To destroy the completeness of a set of related items; SYN. break up.
To break into many pieces
1. To remove an outer slab from (as a log); to divide or form into slabs
2. To cover or support (as a roadbed or roof) with slabs
3. To put on thickly