“Give ___ break!”: 2 wds. Crossword Clue

(noun)

1. an escape from jail
2. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
3. a sudden dash
4. the act of breaking something
5. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
6. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
7. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
8. a pause from doing something (as work)
9. an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
10. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
11. an unexpected piece of good luck
12. the occurrence of breaking
13. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
14. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
15. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
16. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

(verb)

1. weaken or destroy in spirit or body
2. diminish or discontinue abruptly
3. fracture a bone of
4. fall sharply
5. make submissive, obedient, or useful
6. be broken in
7. crack; of the male voice in puberty
8. render inoperable or ineffective
9. become separated into pieces or fragments
10. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
11. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
12. happen
13. prevent completion
14. terminate
15. lessen in force or effect
16. stop operating or functioning
17. change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
18. come into being
19. find the solution or key to
20. find a flaw in
21. undergo breaking
22. interrupt the flow of current in
23. cease an action temporarily
24. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
25. be released or become known; of news
26. surpass in excellence
27. pierce or penetrate
28. become punctured or penetrated
29. break a piece from a whole
30. go to pieces
31. ruin completely
32. separate from a clinch, in boxing
33. make the opening shot that scatters the balls
34. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
35. exchange for smaller units of money
36. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
37. do a break dance
38. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
39. break down, literally or metaphorically
40. emerge from the surface of a body of water
41. scatter or part
42. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
43. move away or escape suddenly
44. change directions suddenly
45. reduce to bankruptcy
46. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
47. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
48. invalidate by judicial action
49. interrupt a continued activity
50. cause the failure or ruin of
51. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
52. enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
53. happen or take place
54. come forth or begin from a state of latency
55. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
56. give up
57. cause to give up a habit
58. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
59. come to an end