Such seals usually break inside the glass and leave a thin cover of glass on the metal.
If the seal should break during usage there can be disastrous long lasting consequences for the machine.
The seal broken, the single sheet of-yes, beautiful paper indeed!
The stop-clocks were now timing the period since the seal broke.
The seal on the bourbon bottle broken; she'd been drinking since he left apartment.
The seal broke with a hiss and the door swung outward.
If anyone tried to tamper with the door, the seal would have broken.
She could be a bird, or a seal breaking the waves.
He took two beakers from the cabinet, broke the seal on the bottle.
Just a momentary flash, and a seal broke the surface.