breakage

[ UK /bɹˈe‍ɪkɪd‍ʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹeɪkɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the quantity broken
    the total breakage was huge
  2. the act of breaking something
    the breakage was unavoidable
  3. reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
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How To Use breakage In A Sentence

  • We need not worry about the disappearance of this space because its elasticity prevents true rupture or breakage.
  • Digital potentiometer sensitivity adjustment and breakage location.
  • These latter numbers look horrific, and seem hard to believe, but we are currently set on a path (especially now with the "breakages" in the banking system - today there is growing and informed specultion here in Catalonia that Caixa Penedes, and Caixa Catalunya may be the next to go) where it is hard to see how we won't get to that horrible place if no one does anything. A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros
  • These mechanisms were compared with the rupture of excised walls that occurred by formation and breakage of strands between separating wall layers.
  • Seemingly insignificant scratches in glass may cause cracking and breakage while processing jars in a canner.
  • Wednesday afternoon was fun, spent it wandering around with the delicious Tiki and the shameless Danny … there were propositions and comments about helmuts and hiding and and I think blocked the other comments he made due to brain breakageOctober 15th, 2004
  • He also said that gloves minimise skin breakage and unsightly blood & bruising, but do nothing to reduce the impact on the punchees brain. Cheeseburger Gothic » Gettin paid to watch TV…
  • Once the breakage was fixed, four of the five boats took off at a cracking pace with Germany in the lead.
  • Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage.
  • Hospitals welcomed the convenience of single-use throwaway products because they no longer had to be concerned with product age, overuse, breakage, and malfunction.
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