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break the silence

to break the silence

to keep silence―observe silence―hold one's peace

to make someone break silence

a discreet silence

a profound silence

not silenced

reduced to silence

a heavy silence

to shatter an illusion

to violate neutrality

a profound silence

a gloomy silence

Everybody is silent.

to disturb one's meditations

to lose one's chastity―stray from the path of virtue―be false to one's husband or lover

an act of violating a commandment

to lose one's chastity―stray from the path of virtue―be false to one's husband or lover

to destroy the balance of power

to break faith with―violate faith with―a friend

to break one's promise

to break faith with―violate faith with―an ally

to break the Sabbath

to break the commandments

to violate neutrality

to break through police surveillance

to break the law―infringe the law―violate the law

to break down conservative ideas

break a custom

to break through the front gate