breaking (root: break)

Noun

break=ing

WORDNET DICTIONARY

breaking(n = noun.act) break, breakage - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

is a kind of change of integrity

has particulars: rupture, shattering, smashing, crack, cracking, fracture, chip, chipping, splintering

breaking, adj.

p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i. [WordNet 1.5]
Still happening or becoming known at the present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news; a breaking story. [PJC]

breaking, n.

The act of breaking something. [WordNet 1.5]