a person so sick and tired of his/her life and sick and tired of what's holding them down that he/she decides to do something about it and "break" what's holding them whether the action was good or bad irreversible or not.
Steve:I heard Jared is a glass breaker.
James:oh yeah what did he do?
Steve:he beat the shit out of Micheal his blackmailing probation officer.
James:yeah... Michael was a dick