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.b. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.5a. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.b. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.c. Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.6. Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.7a. Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.b. 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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