chain breaker

Frees bound things

A chain breaker is a tool designed to separate the links of a chain, typically by pushing out the connecting pin.

Cyclists carry chain breakers to repair broken chains on the road.

Figuratively, a chain breaker is someone or something that ends a cycle of harmful patterns—abuse, poverty, addiction: She was the chain breaker in her family, the first to go to college.

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set free · cast off · snap · metal · forge · escape · cutting loose · bondage · release · tool · lever · slave · slave trade · captive · hacksaw · strength · redemption · prison

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Opposites
function/action

chain breakershackle

Metal limb restraint

padlock · lock · manacle · clasp · fetter

METAPHORICAL ROLE (liberation vs. oppression)

chain breakerenslaver

One who holds others captive

oppressor · slavemaster · jailer · captor · tyrant

Family

chain, breaker, chains, chained, chaining, break, breaks, broke, broken

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G