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break the spell

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break the spell

 

1. to put an end to a magic spell. The wizard looked in his magic book to find out how to break the spell.

2. to do something that ends a desirable period of figurative enchantment. At the end of the second movement, some idiot broke the spell by applauding.

See also: break, spell