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break — as in break an understanding or a break (gap) in a wall
- Chapter 1 — INTO THE BREACH.1 — Into the Breach (0% in)
- It would not do to become careless; he never knew when an enemy spellcaster might fire an enchanted arrow that could breach his wards.1 — Into the Breach (27% in)
- I wouldguess that when we breached the city walls, Lord Bradburn's courage failed him and he ordered Niemen brought from his armory in an attempt to stop you and Saphira.1 — Into the Breach (86% in)
- Can any of them be breached?16 — Aroughs (37% in)
- The upper part would be the most difficult to breach, but he guessed that long periods of immersion had weakened the grid below, and if part of it could be torn away, breaking through the oak boards above would be far easier.20 — A Flour Made of Flame (51% in)
- It seemed impossible that anyone could breach the city's defenses in so little time, with so few men, and without the aid of either a dragon or Rider.22 — Interregnum (86% in)
- Eragon drew in his breath, then he breached Aren's precious hoard and shouted, "Jierda!34 — And the Walls Fell.... (66% in)
- Which meant a frontal assault—a brazen fool's charge over open ground toward walls too thick to breach and too tall to climb while archers and war machines shot at them the whole time.58 — The City of Sorrows (27% in)
- Even if they managed to breach the walls, they would still have the whole of Galbatorix's army to overcome.58 — The City of Sorrows (30% in)
- They will think we're defending the warriors trying to breach this section, she replied.62 — Over the Wall and into the Maw (36% in)
- He and several men from Carvahall, including Horst and Delwin, took the lead as they trotted along the inside of the wall toward the breach the elves had created with their magic.65 — The Heart of the Fray (2% in)
- The white raven circled once over Islanzadi's body and uttered a doleful cry, then flew slowly toward the breach in the outer wall, the feathers of its wounded wing red and crumpled.67 — Muscle Against Metal (52% in)
- It took three or four minutes—precious time in which Barst and his soldiers pushed the Varden ever closer to the breach in the outer wall—but then Roran saw groups of dwarves and elves run up to twelve of the nearest ballistae and catapults on the walls and free them from the soldiers.67 — Muscle Against Metal (67% in)
- The gray and black humps of great sea-fish often breached the waves, like small, leathery islands.73 — Pieces on a Board (15% in)
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