Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break the wheel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: break the wheel
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To end a pattern of oppression, inequality, injustice, or abuse.

verb

To instigate or enact a major change; to revolutionize; to shake up.

Example Sentences

"The head of one of Canada's largest unions says it's time to break the wheel and change the way businesses are operated."
"Finally, the fact that both protagonists are teenagers is worth considering not only as a mere feature of the dystopian fiction subgenre, but as a representation of the power of the younger generations in breaking the wheel and transforming society not only when they grow up and become adults, but from today."
"I do not see any possibility for breaking the wheel of the prevailing capitalist and liberal ideology or any kind of ideology."
"Cassandra a woman in her late 60’s was a hairdresser and owner of her own beauty salon in the UK. However, she felt like she was working long hours and never had time for herself. She describes coming to Spain as a way to ‘break the wheel’ and dedicating time to what she loves, which involves a variety of sports, socializing, and spending time with her mother (Interview March 31st 2019)."
"Polar codes break the wheel in channel coding area with its unconventional perspective of code construction than that of the traditional codes and become a youngest contender in the 5G race."
"This is an example of Kant's 'Copernican Revolution' breaking the wheel of empiricism and rationalism, inaugurating a new form of transcendental regulation that is to say weak correlationism."

Etymology

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "Hardhome" (2015) of Game of Thrones, in which Daenerys Targaryen, reflecting on her plan to reclaim the Iron Throne, vows to "break the wheel" of oppression and war.

Inflected Forms

breaks the wheel (present, singular) breaking the wheel (participle, present) broke the wheel (past) broken the wheel (participle, past)

Phrases

break the cycle

Frequently Paired Words

break the cycle

Questions

What does break the wheel mean?: To end a pattern of oppression, inequality, injustice, or abuse.
Where does break the wheel come from?: Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "Hardhome" (2015) of Game of Thrones, in which Daenerys Targaryen, reflecting on her plan to reclaim the Iron Throne, vows to "break the wheel" of oppression and war.

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