'Break' Common Usages (4)

Tom is a perpetual .......... He is a criminal who should spend the rest of his life in jail because he'll never change his ways.
rulebreaker
lawbreaker
crimebreaker
homebreaker

Be quiet, please. I want to watch this short .......... This is a serious and ongoing issue, and the media is about to make another announcement about it.
time break
show break
station break
newsbreak

That dock worker from Maine got a lucky ......... on that television show last month. He won more than $100,000!
break
windbreak
breakup
breakout

It's the final game of the year, and both teams have the same score. After two overtime periods, the officials have decided that the teams should take part in a .......... The team that wins this will win the championship.
break-in
break-out
tiebreaker
icebreaker

"Since this is the first day of class, I've made a short list of questions that we can ask each other. These will work as ......... so that we can all get to know each other better," the teacher said.
icebreakers
groundbreakers
circuit breakers
silence breakers

I didn't realize that the weather was going to be so harsh today. I would have brought my ......... breaker with me if I'd known there was going to be such a gale!
storm
wind
rain
blow

These items are .........-breakable because they are made of durable plastic.
in
im
non
dis

Why don't you give James a(n) .........? He just lost his mother to cancer last month, and now his wife is leaving him. Don't pick on him anymore!
breaker
break
breaking
outbreak

This line of thinking is a real ......... from the past. It's kind of radical and very different from past mindsets.
break
breakdown
breaking
breakup

The government is worried about an influenza ........., so they are trying to immunize everyone.
outbreak
breaking
break
breakup