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break off
verb
- to sever or detach or be severed or detached
he broke a piece off the bar of chocolate
it broke off in my hands
- adverb to end (a relationship, association, etc) or (of a relationship, etc) to be ended
- intr, adverb to stop abruptly; halt
he broke off in the middle of his speech
noun
- the act or an instance of breaking off or stopping
Example Sentences
Denmark would break off relations with the U.S. and insist, with a certain amount of hedging, that this was an act of war, sort of.
The researchers found deep, comb-like grooves, interpreted to have been created by the keels of large icebergs that broke off the British-Irish ice sheet more than 18,000 years ago.
I stumbled upon a story about a cable repair vessel, the Leon Thevenin, which had attended to a cable break off the west coast of Africa.
The former Green Bay Packer and “Big Little Lies” star broke off their engagement in February 2022.
The seam of the statue then broke off and the pair could be seen walking off with the broken half.
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