Other areas of rock look as if some huge creature violently broke and twisted the Earth to create unusual, sometimes frightening shapes.

VOA: special.2011.08.03

Incorrect air speed readings could have led the pilots to fly so fast that the plane broke apart.

VOA: special.2009.06.13

And last week two American congressmen asked the Federal Trade Commission to see if Google broke any laws in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Volcanic activity broke the large island into pieces that came to the surface of the sea over time.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Then,the Crimean War broke out. I felt that sad for him that there had to be a war.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Satellite images show an ice bridge that held a huge Antarctic ice shelf in place recently broke apart.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

But he later broke away from this neoclassical sound to create a freer and more expressive modernist sound.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feeling, broke the hearts of their lovers.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

On the twelfth day of the Olympics the United States broke its medal record for competition outside America.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

So,ten weeks after war broke out, Spain agreed to stop the fighting and accept the American terms.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Booth broke his leg when he jumped from the presidential box to the stage at Ford's Theater.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Pieces of gypsum broke off. The wind wore them away to a size small enough to pick up and carry for short distances.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

If war broke out,it said, he was to attack the Spanish naval force in the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.15