• to break into shivers, to shiver, to splinter
• by any means, by fair means or foul
• to break in, to crack, to fracture
• to break, broke, broken, to fracture, to go on the fritz, to snap
• to break away, to break down, to chip, to come away
• to fault, to suffer refraction
• to break into shivers, to crack up, to crash, to fracture, to shatter, to shiver, to smash
• to sink under the weight of adversity
• all truth will not bear telling