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1

（＝裂く）to tear; to rend

用例

• 着物を破る
  to tear one's clothes

• 彼は着ている着物をビリビリ破った
  He ripped up his clothes.
• その手紙をふんだくって細々に破ってしまった
  I snatched the letter and tore it to pieces.
• 手帳の紙を一枚破って取った
  I tore a leaf out of my note-book.

2

（＝破壊する）to break

用例

• 門を破る
  to break a gate open

• 牢を破る
  to break prison―break jail―break out of prison―break out of jail
• 土蔵を破る
  to break into a godown
• 敵陣を破る
  to break through the enemy's line
• 囲みを破る
  to break through the besieging army―cut one's way through the besieging army
• 封鎖を破る
  to run a blockade
• 非常線を破る
  to break through a police cordon
• 犬が垣を破って入った
  A dog broke through the fence.
• 記録を破る
  to break the record
• 平和を破る
  to break the peace―disturb the peace
• 夢を破る
  to disturb one's repose
• 瞑想を破る
  to disturb one's meditations
• 静粛を破る
  to break the silence
• 単調を破るものが無い
  There is nothing to break the monotony―nothing to relieve the monotony.

3

（＝犯す）to break, infringe, violate, transgress, contravene, offend against, trespass against （the law）; to break, violate （the rule or regulation）

用例

• 法を破る
  to break the law―infringe the law―violate the law

• 規則を破る
  to break the regulation―violate the rule
• 文法を破る
  to break the rules of grammar―use bad grammar―commit solecism―break Priscian's head
• 約を破る
  to break one's promise
• 条約を破る
  to break a treaty
• 誓いを破る
  to break a vow―（禁酒の誓いなら）―break the pledge
• 城下の盟を破る
  to break faith―violate faith―with a Power
• 操を破る
  to lose one's chastity―stray from the path of virtue

4

（＝打破する）to explode （a theory）; to break down （a custom）; to shatter （an illusion, etc.）

用例

• 旧説を破る
  to explode an old theory―knock an old theory on the head

• 旧弊を破る
  to break down conservative ideas
• 旧習を破る
  to break down old customs
• 迷夢を破る
  to shatter an illusion
• 誤謬を破る
  to explode a fallacy

5

（＝敵を破る）to defeat （the enemy）; to rout （the enemy）; to put （enemy） to rout

用例

• 敵に出会してさんざんにこれを破った
  We fell in with the enemy, and routed them―put them to the rout.

• 日軍は戦うごとに敵を破った
  The Japanese defeated the enemy at every battle.

6

（＝計を破る）to baffle, baulk, defeat, foil, frustrate （one's design）

用例

• 敵の計画を破った
  We baffled―baulked―defeated―foiled―frustrated―the enemy in his design.

• 事を破る
  to spoil the game―fail
• 短気は事を破る
  A hot-tempered man is liable to failure.