壊れる — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• dead adj No longer alive.
• destructible adj Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
• die verb To stop living; to reach the end of life.
• stuff noun Miscellaneous items, belongings, or unspecified material.

Senses

壊れる is used for these senses in English:

• break (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• break down (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
• break up (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
• dead (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
• destructible Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
• die To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
• stuff (transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
• stuff (transitive, British, Australia, New Zealand) To break; to destroy.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

dead — full definition

1. adj No longer alive.
2. adj No longer working, active, or in use.
3. adj Complete or exact, especially describing precision or stillness.
4. adv Completely; exactly.

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