rebreak
Snap once more
To rebreak is to break something again, typically a bone that has healed improperly and must be fractured anew to set correctly: The doctor had to rebreak his arm because it had fused at a bad angle.
The word also applies to breaking anything that was previously broken and repaired: I rebroken the same mug I'd glued together last week.
Break that heals, breaks
- rehealRecover from renewed injury
- reinjureHarm something already healing
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
orthopedic · setback · complications · surgery · pins · plates · recovery · physical therapy
Fragment violently, suddenly
refracture
Break that heals, breaks
- rehealRecover from renewed injury
- reinjureHarm something already healing
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
cast · orthopedic · setback · complications · surgery · pins · plates · recovery · physical therapy · healing
shatter
Fragment violently, suddenly
fragment · chip · repair · glue · weld · mend · fix · patch · ceramic · glass
relapse
Return to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- regressionReturn to former state
- setbackReverse in progress
willpower · temptation · cycle · pattern · resolve · restart · recommit · struggle · addiction · recovery
reopen
Make accessible again
- resealClose something previously opened
- tamperInterfere harmfully
- packagingProtective product enclosure
envelope · container · freshness · compromise · breach · rupture · closure · lid · wrapper · security