Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of breaking off; discontinuance.
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- noun
discontinuance (act of breaking off)
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Examples
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'breakoff' of relations with Israel by Chavez accompanied by a hearty Bronx cheer from Iran's Supreme Ruler, Ayatollah Khamenei.
Israpundit 2009
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'breakoff' of relations with Israel by Chavez accompanied by a hearty Bronx cheer from Iran's Supreme Ruler, Ayatollah Khamenei.
Israpundit 2009
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The breakoff of contact with Seoul is the latest form of a pressure tactic that Pyongyang used successfully against Washington several times during the six-nation denuclearization process from 2003 to 2009.
U.S.: Pyongyang Move Surprised China Evan Ramstad 2011
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The breakoff of contact with Seoul is the latest form of a pressure tactic that Pyongyang used successfully against Washington several times during the six-nation denuclearization process from 2003 to 2009.
U.S.: Pyongyang Move Surprised China Evan Ramstad 2011
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"The possibility of going to the polls is understandable given that the breakoff of Mr. Fini's throws our large majority into doubt," Mr. Bonaiuti said.
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We do believe -- and we have detained individuals that have given us this information -- that training has certainly continued, that the Quds Force-supported special groups, as they're called, a militia extremist breakoff from the Sadr militia, that that training has continued, certainly up until the October-November time frame.
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What history books am I reading, when I describe the breakoff of black feminist organizations from the mostly white feminist organizations?
Linda Hirshman: The Everybody Movement Is A Nobody Movement 2008
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With regard to comment #7 by Stefan, I am still finding that even when the window is fully extended horizontally, there seems to be a breakoff following the bar title "sound events," and then a big white space.
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While Palm focused on its personal digital assistants, breakoff Handspring invented the Treo, a cell phone running PalmOS.
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There's no breakoff in talks, they're going to continue negotiating.
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