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break off

/br/eI/k_/O/f/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. interrupt before its natural or planned end

    verb.change

    Synonyms break short cut short

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. prevent completion

    verb.change

    Examples
    Break off the negotiations.
    Synonyms break discontinue stop

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. break off (a piece from a whole)

    verb.contact

    Synonyms break away chip chip off come off

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. break a piece from a whole

    verb.contact

    Synonyms break snap off

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. break a small piece off from

    verb.contact

    Synonyms chip cut off knap

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

break inbreak intobreak loosebreak of daybreak of servebreak of the daybreak one's backbreak openbreak outbreak sealbreak shortbreak someone's heart

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