"breaking the wall" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used as a metaphor to describe overcoming barriers or obstacles. Example: "The new legislation aims to break the wall between the rich and poor, providing equal opportunities for all citizens."
But the alternative, breaking the wall of silence, remains elusive.
It was days later that Officer Maloney, then a 26-year-old assigned to transit duty and still on workplace probation, decided to speak up about what he had seen, breaking the wall of silence that has stymied investigations into police misconduct.
What it shows is disassociation, longueur, possibly impasse; and yet it's a feat of brinkmanship, from the blade about to fall off the table – knife-edge – to the queer triangulation of distanced figures, the burning black of the boy's jacket to the pale linen of his leg, bending out into our space – "breaking the wall" of the painting, as Zola put it.
"X Japan was always breaking the wall — east and west, negative side and positive side, whatever the wall.
Taking a clear stance against violations of human rights requires action -- mine almost always has involved words -- writing has been my way of breaking the wall of silence.
I wonder if the writer of the article, Jane Zhang, will be reprimanded for breaking the wall of disinformation that right has been building.
And that breaking the walls down among media is going hand in hand with breaking the walls down between, say, the advertising side and the news side.
Eventually, the dancers lay down or knelt on a few cords at once, breaking the walls, allowing us to see the flexibility of this environment.
Then robots appear in your living room, breaking the walls.
How are technological advances breaking the walls between print and broadcast journalism?
The importance of the march is in breaking the walls of indifference in the world and in Israel.
