refringo

refringō frēgī, frāctus, ere

re-+frango, to break up, break open : portas, Cs.: claustra: carcerem, L.: totas refringere vestīs, tear off , O.: (ramum) cunctantem, break off , V.—Fig., to break, break down, check, destroy : vim fluminis, Cs.: ubi (fortuna) vim suam refringi non volt, L.: impotentem dominationem, N.: Archivos, H.