1. Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: a broken arm; broken glass.
2. Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: children from broken homes; a broken marriage.
3. Having been violated: a broken promise.
4a. Incomplete: a broken set of books.
4b. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.
5a. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.
5b. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.
5c. Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.
6. Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.
7a. Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.
7b. Weakened and infirm: broken health.
8. Crushed by grief: died of a broken heart.
9. Financially ruined; bankrupt.
10. Not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine.
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