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How to pronounce“breakbone”in English

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In natural English speech, "breakbone" appears in contexts such as: "And that's the nickname given to this disease. It's called breakbone fever, because that's how you can feel. Now the odd thing is, is that once you've been bitten by this mosquito, and you've had this disease, your body develops antibodies,". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/brɪːkbɒʊn/

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And that's the nickname given to this disease.

It's called breakbone fever, because that's how you can feel.

Now the odd thing is, is that once you've been bitten by this mosquito, and you've had this disease, your body develops antibodies,

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Definitions of “breakbone”

noun

Breakbone fever.

“All felt that their safety was in his hands and that his careful watch and strict enforcement of the quarantine would result in our exemption from the scourge. He was obeyed implicitly, and for a time we escaped the fever, but the "breakbone" singled us out one by one, and several times alarming symptoms of the dreaded yellow fever appeared.”

Synonyms:dengue dengue fever dandy fever

noun

A chicken's wishbone.

“breakbone A chicken's wishbone; also called the breaking bone or pulleybone.”

Synonyms:wishing bone furcula merrythought

adjective

Violent; rough and painful.

“Near-synonym: backbreaking”

Synonyms:backbreaking

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