Fill in the blank with the most suitable option:
A: How on earth did the thief get in?
B: He ___________ a window.

Is able to break

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Might have been broken

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Could have broken

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Had to break

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Solution

The correct option is C Could have broken
The correct answer is Option C.
COULD HAVE is used to suppose. In the given sentence, the speaker is supposing that the thief got in from the window by breaking it.
Thus Option C is the correct answer.
The remaining options are incorrect because:
IS ABLE TO BREAK expresses ability.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN BROKEN expresses possibility.
HAD TO BREAK expresses compulsion.

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