Childrens Illustrated Thesaurus

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

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crack
The wall
cracked
from top to bottom.

crumble
Crumble

the stock
cube into the water.

demolish
The derelict house
needed demolishing
.

disintegrate
Tissue paper disintegrates
in water.

fracture
She fractured

her arm.

fragment
The picture
fragmented
into tiny pieces.^

shatter
The dropped
plate

shattered

.

smash


The ball
smashed
the window.

snap


The pencil

snapped
in half.

splinter


The wood

splintered
as he cut it.

split
Split
the apple to share it.

wreck
The iceberg

wrecked
the

ship’s hull.

break


(^1) verb to separate into pieces
»^ He broke the ice with a hammer.
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