Free nose breaking, as predicted (8)
I believe the answer is:
foreseen
'predicted' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'free nose breaking' is the wordplay.
'breaking' indicates anagramming the letters.
'free'+'nose'='freenose'
'freenose' with letters rearranged gives 'FORESEEN'.
'as' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for foreseen that I've seen before include "Anticipated" , "No surprise" , "Envisaged" , "Expected" , "Predicted" .)