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:broken_chain:U+26D3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5⛓️‍💥\26D3\FE0F\200D\1F4A5"\u{26D3}\u{FE0F}\u{200D}\u{1F4A5}"%E2%9B%93%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%92%A5A chain snapping apart. It means breaking free from something: a habit, a bad relationship, a rule or a restraint.
Posts about freedom, sobriety milestones, quitting a job or leaving a toxic situation use it. In tech it can also mean a broken link or connection.
It joins โ๏ธ and ๐ฅ into one picture; devices that lack it show those two side by side.
Broken chain โ๏ธโ๐ฅ is an emoji in the objects category, under tool. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 15.1, released in 2023. It is a sequence that joins โ๏ธ chains and ๐ฅ collision. Devices that do not know the sequence show those emoji side by side. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :broken_chain:. People also look for it with words like โbreakโ, โbreakingโ, โbrokenโ, or โchainโ.
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2023Twemoji (X, Discord)
2024Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.