The wire had broken the skin, but it could - indeed should - have been a lot worse.

This is a very convenient system and there not wires to break or terminals to splay.

When the wire broke, it would release a spring-driven hammer.

The chance that a wire would break, they discovered, was about 12 percent, but most of the broken wires had not injured or killed patients.

Other disadvantages include a greater chance the wire will break and any surface imperfections can cause the errors in the cut.

Cables are checked daily to see if any more wires have broken.

If left on long enough, the wire can break even without any stress, but then it does not do anything spectacular, I do not think.

With the jumper cable, the signal worked correctly until a second wire broke.

They'll think the wires broke from the strain.

The electrical wire broke with a flash of blue light.