Breaker may refer to:

Objects

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breaking wave In fluid dynamics, a breaking wave or breaker is a wave whose amplitude reaches a critical level at which large amounts of wave energy transform into turbulent kinetic energy. At this point, simple physical models that describe wave dynamics ...

on water, or a "breaker", a shallow over which waves break *

Circuit breaker A circuit breaker is an electrical safety device designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by an overcurrent or short circuit. Its basic function is to interrupt current flow to protect equipment and to prevent the risk ...

, an electrical overload switch * Breaker (hydraulic), a percussion hammer attached to an excavator

People

Breaker Morant Harry "The Breaker" Harbord Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902), more popularly known as Breaker Morant, was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, bush poet, military officer, and war criminal who was con ...

(1864-1902), Anglo-Australian folk hero, horseman, poet, soldier and convicted war criminal nicknamed "The Breaker" * Daniel Breaker (born 1980), American actor and comedian * Ronald Breaker, American biochemist and Yale professor * Someone who performs B-boying, also known as breakdancing

Places

Breaker Mountain Breaker Mountain is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is part of the Waputik Range. It was named in 1917 by Arthur O. Wheeler for the resemblance of a cornice on its summit to a breaking wave. See also * List o ...

, Canada *

Mount Breaker Mount Breaker () is a mountain with double summits, the eastern summit being, at , the highest on Horseshoe Island, off Graham Land. The name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee ...

, Graham Land, Antarctica * Breaker Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica *

Breaker Reef Breaker Reef () is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong which is part of Tai Po District, New Territories. It is located in Mirs Bay Mirs Bay (also known as Tai Pang Wan, Dapeng Wan, Dapeng Bay, or Mers Bay; ) is a bay in the northeast of Kat O ...

, Hong Kong, an uninhabited island

Arts and entertainment

* ''The Breaker'' (film), a 1974 documentary about Breaker Morant * ''Breaker'' (Accept album), 1981 * ''Breaker'' (For Today album), 2010 * ''Breaker'' (Vary Lumar album), 2014 * ''The Breaker'' (album), by Little Big Town, 2017 * ''The Breaker'' (manhwa), a Korean comic * ''Breaker'' (Black), an outdoor sculpture * Breaker (''G.I. Joe''), a fictional character * ''The Breaker'', a book by

Minette Walters Minette Caroline Mary Walters DL (born 26 September 1949) is an English crime writer. Life and work Walters was born in Bishop's Stortford in 1949 to Samuel Jebb and Colleen Jebb. As her father was a serving army officer, the first 10 yea ...

Other uses

* , several US Navy ships * Ship breaker, a firm that engages in

ship breaking Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts Part, parts or PART may refer to: People *Armi P� ...

, i.e. scrapping ships * A brand of lager brewed in the UK by Coors * Breaker fruit or breaker stage in the

ripening Ripening is a process in fruits that causes them to become more palatable. In general, fruit becomes sweeter, less green, and softer as it ripens. Even though the acidity of fruit increases as it ripens, the higher acidity level does not make th ...

of fruit