title: Breaking
text: # Breaking
  
  Breaking or breakin' may refer to:
  
  ## Arts
  
  * Breakdancing (also breaking), an athletic style of street dance
  * Breakin', a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film
  * "Breakin'", a twelfth-season episode of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants
  * Breaking (film), a 2022 American thriller drama film
  * Sequence breaking, performing actions or obtaining items in video games out of the intended linear order
  
  ### Music
  
  * "Breakin'" (song), a single from The Music's album, Welcome to the North
  * "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us", a song by American music duo Ollie & Jerry
  * "Breakin'", the sixth song on The All-American Rejects' 2008 album When the World Comes Down
  * Breaking (album), an album by American musician Brian Larsen
  * "Breaking" (song), a song by American alternative rock band, Anberlin
  
  ## Damage
  
  * Breaking (martial arts), technique that is used in competition, demonstration and testing
  * Fracture, the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress
  * Ship breaking, a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Break, a term with several meanings in cue sports
  * Breaking, a step of horse training where the animal is ridden for the first time
  * Burglary (also breaking and entering), the act of entering an area without permission and with intent to commit a crime
  * Vowel breaking, the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong
  