Definition for Breakage:

• the act of breaking something; " the breakage was unavoidable"

Synonyms for Breakage:

• n.

  •
  • blister,
  • blight,
  • blemish,
  • burnout,
  • chip,
  • bruise,
  • burn.
  •
  • destruction,
  • decay,
  • help,
  • demolition,
  • ruin,
  • havoc,
  • devastation,
  • the ravages of something,
  • sabotage.
  •break (noun)
  • break.
  •breakage (noun)
  • breaking.
  •damage (noun)
  • mutilation,
  • cave in,
  • ruined goods,
  • deterioration,
  • cave-in,
  • ruination,
  • pollution,
  • mutilations,
  • cave-ins.
  •possession (noun)
  • breakage.

• v.

  •damage (verb)
  • harm.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • impairment,
  • dint,
  • crinkle,
  • scuff mark,
  • dry rot,
  • rubble,
  • speckle.
  •
  • slit,
  • flaw,
  • woodworm,
  • wrinkle,
  • imperfection,
  • wreckage.
  •
  • crease,
  • kink,
  • gouge.
  •
  • scar,
  • slash,
  • ding,
  • snag,
  • crimp.
  •
  • stain,
  • splash.
  •
  • split,
  • knock.
  •
  • mark.
  •
  • scratch.

Paraphrases for Breakage:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    break.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rupture.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    failure, break-up, Shredding, termination, debris.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    breaking, breakdown, breach, breakup, disruption, interruption, fracture, damage, shearing, severance.

Breakage Sentence Examples:

• Four of us started on our road to the north as fit as possible, and we were courageous enough to think our automobile was likewise, as it was a tried and trusty friend with some twenty thousand miles to its credit, and with never a breakage so far as its mechanism was concerned.

• Ralph made a grimace, and a mental note of later mending the breakage for which he was responsible.

Hyponym for Breakage:

• n.

  • possession
    reimbursement.
  • quantity
    indefinite quantity.