1.
a. Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: a broken arm; broken glass. b. Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: children from broken homes; a broken marriage.
2. Having been violated: a broken promise.
3. a. Incomplete: a broken set of books. b. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.
4. a. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission. b. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs. c. Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.
5. Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.
6. a. Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit. b. Weakened and infirm: broken health.
7. Crushed by grief: died of a broken heart.
8. Financially ruined; bankrupt.
9. Not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine.