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break off

Definitions

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  • verb To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
  • verb To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb break a piece from a whole
  • verb break a small piece off from
  • verb interrupt before its natural or planned end
  • verb break off (a piece from a whole)
  • verb prevent completion

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synonyms (29)

Words with the same meaning

  1. agree to disagree
  2. be at cross-purposes
  3. break
  4. clash
  5. collide
  6. conflict
  7. contradict
  8. counter
  9. cut off
  10. differ
  11. disaccord
  12. disagree
  13. disarrange
  14. discontinue
  15. disjoin
  16. dissent
  17. intermit
  18. interrupt
  19. jangle
  20. jar
  21. jostle
  22. mismatch
  23. mismate
  24. negate
  25. object
  26. snap the thread
  27. suspend
  28. take a break
  29. vary

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. cut
  2. detach

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