break off
break off
cut off, stop abruptly; break off ties; break down; isolate, disconnect
break off
Verb
1. interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
(synonym) cut short, break short
(hypernym) interrupt, break
(hyponym) hang up
2. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations"
(synonym) break, discontinue, stop
(hypernym) end, terminate
(hyponym) fracture
3. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
(synonym) chip, chip off, come off, break away
(hypernym) separate, divide, part
(hyponym) peel off, peel, flake off, flake
4. break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
(synonym) break, snap off
(hypernym) detach
5. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
(synonym) chip, knap, cut off
(hypernym) cut
break off
tell a friend that you wish to stop seeing him She wonders if she should break off her relationship with Liam.
break off
Synonyms and related words:
agree to disagree, be at cross-purposes, break, clash, collide, conflict, contradict, counter, cut off, differ, disaccord, disagree, disarrange, discontinue, disjoin, dissent, intermit, interrupt, jangle, jar, jostle, mismatch, mismate, negate, object, snap the thread, suspend, take a break, vary
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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