The Collaborative International Dictionary
Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[=o]"k'n), a. [From Break, v. t.]
Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
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Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken.
--G. Eliot.The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away.
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Subdued; humbled; contrite.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
--Ps. li. 17. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. ``Her broken love and life.''
--G. Eliot.Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
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Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. Broken ground.
(Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground.
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Ground recently opened with the plow.
Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order.
Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food.
Broken number, a fraction.
Broken weather, unsettled weather.
Wikipedia
The single Broken Meat, an almost melodical song, marked a departure from Dive's harsher style. The sound would be developed further on the following album, Concrete Jungle.