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  • Braked. "I saw those gigantic hula hoops bouncing and rolling into the street. I braked hard,swerved, and then fainted." You could always use a different verb to make your point: “I slammed on my brakes." or, "I hit the brakes." What else works? Broke? Only if you stomp on the brakes so hard that they... malfunction. "Yikes! I broke my brakes." Hope this helps.
  • Braked. Brake, the verb having to do with stopping, for example, a car, is a regular verb, meaning it has all its usual endings. Break, to separate into parts, is irregular, of course, in the simple past tense and the past participle. (Break, broke, broken, breaking, breaks = its whole verbal family.)
  • Broke. You broke it.
  • to retard the forward motion of your vehicle...

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