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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