breaker
brea·ker
noun
3.
a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
Origin
From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.
Phrases
- bead breaker
- bitch breaker
- breaker bar
- breaker boy
- breaker's yard
- brick breaker
- circuit breaker
- combo breaker
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