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1that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly a broken window/plate a broken leg/arm pieces of broken glass How did this dish get broken? The TV's broken. see broken heart
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promise/agreement - 2[usually before noun] not kept
- 3[usually before noun] not continuous; disturbed or interrupted a night of broken sleep a single broken white line across the road person
- 4[only before noun] made weak and tired by illness or difficulties He was a broken man after the failure of his business. language
- 5[only before noun] (of a language that is not your own) spoken slowly and with a lot of mistakes; not fluent to speak in broken English relationship
- 6[usually before noun] ended or destroyed a broken marriage/engagement see broken home ground
- 7having a rough surface an area of broken, rocky ground
damaged
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