Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
breaker .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun waves breaking on the shore
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Examples
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About 20 years ago, Westinghouse began having problems with counterfeit circuit breakers from the Far East being sold.
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When your list of deal breakers is larger than your list of friends, there's a problem.
Julie Spira: Are You Too Picky? Julie Spira 2010
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When your list of deal breakers is larger than your list of friends, there's a problem.
Julie Spira: Are You Too Picky? Julie Spira 2010
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When your list of deal breakers is larger than your list of friends, there's a problem.
Julie Spira: Are You Too Picky? Julie Spira 2010
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The roar of breakers from the distant beach crushed imaginary shipwrecks to splinters.
Banano's Bar 2008
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The roar of breakers from the distant beach crushed imaginary shipwrecks to splinters.
Banano's Bar 2008
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The precise method for selecting readers for tie breakers is undefined as the Administrators need the flexibility to get books read at very short notice.
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I pulled the breakers from the service line, leaving the branch circuits connected to the bottom of the breaker. still had this voltage at the fixture wire.
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For this test you do not want to turn off the main breakers, or any breakers or the service switch because the purpose of this test is to check the wiring of the house for low-grade shorts and hidden connections to the neighbor.
electric bill 2006
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The sea, however, showed marks of its violence; the bay was white with foam, and as I proceeded, the tide, which was just beginning to flow, roared loudly, and advanced in short breakers wreathed with spray.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 Various
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