breaking glass

collocation in English

meaningsofbreakandglass

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break
noun
uk
/breɪk/us
/breɪk/
an ...
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glass
noun
uk
/ɡlɑːs/us
/ɡlæs/
a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and ...
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(Definition ofbreakandglassfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbreaking glass

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On two occasions the doctor's hand had been cut whilebreakingglassvials, but there was no documentation linking these events to the two patients.
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Crescendo on an organ note, then the sound of loudbreakingglasswith three heartbeat-like thumps.
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Surely there ought to be a penalty for wilfully damaging a building of that kind bybreakingglassand so forth.
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The song featured some sound effects, including the sound ofbreakingglassand police siren.
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The narrator hears the sound ofbreakingglass, and the line goes dead.
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Long after they leave, what sounds likebreakingglassis heard.
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Sounds ofbreakingglassand other fighting are heard throughout.
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With a voice likebreakingglassand a temper to match.
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They are notoriously difficult to catch when established in a well-stocked tank, and there are accounts of thembreakingglasstanks.
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Then the flames enveloped the train car, there was a sound ofbreakingglass, and the lights went out.
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He ends up at the art gallery, where he hearsbreakingglassand slips inside to see what is happening.
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The record begins and ends with the sound ofbreakingglass.
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These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors andbreakingglass.
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He treatedbreakingglass, thunder and rain, fireworks or everyday tool's noises as equal synaesthetic manifestations.
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Adrian is a composer who makes music bybreakingglassand kicking metal buckets.
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Sounds of footsteps running up the stairs, loud voices from empty rooms, and even the sounds ofbreakingglassare rumoured to be heard from this apartment building.
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They can also be a problem in gardens and homes where they damage plants, attack their reflectionsbreakingglassand mirrors, perch and scratch cars or leave their droppings.
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These two methods are usually used whenbreakingglasson a glass cutting table that lifts the glass gently by forcing air up through the table.
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Her thing isbreakingglass.
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