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Discover LudwigThe phrase "break ice" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the act of initiating conversation or interaction in a social setting to relieve tension or awkwardness.
Example: "To break the ice at the party, she started with a funny story about her recent vacation."
Alternatives: "initiate conversation" or "ease the tension."
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Break ice, and leave out fresh water daily.
The increased flow raises the water level and may break ice loose from the banks.
Battleship-gray motorboats (designed to break ice in the winter) ferried guests to the four-acre island.
Farmers had to break ice to water their livestock in Richmond, where cold weather lowered farm income and slowed development of winter wheat.
As the boat leaves Palermo, Italy for one day trip to Tunis, the passengers try to break ice and become acquainted.
"It slows us down and takes a lot of the punch out of us when we're trying to break ice," he said.
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To Rickman-Poole, tramping over snow and breaking ice on frozen lakes amplifies each encounter.
The contribution of the broken ice resistance to the total towing force still remains uncertain.
The present paper aims to validate the model and to provide an estimate of the broken ice resistance.
Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam's 'Dinner Party' breaks ice.
It helped break the ice.
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