Synonym: break, break away, break short, chip, chip off, come off, cut off, cut short, discontinue, knap, snap off, stop. Similar words: break out, to speak of, break, break up, break in, break away, break down, break into. Meaning: v. 1. interrupt before its natural or planned end 2. prevent completion 3. break off (a piece from a whole) 4. break a piece from a whole 5. break a small piece off from.
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(61) She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations.
(62) Hooker sent new orders: break off the fight. Return to Chancellorsville. Put up defensive positions.
(63) When a whale showed its flukes —when the two palmate blades poised high in the air—we would break off the chase, because elevated flukes meant a deep dive.
(64) So Pearl, who had enough of shadow in her own little life, chose to break off all acquaintance with this repining brook.
More similar words: break out, to speak of, break, break up, break in, break away, break down, break into, break through, breast, streak, breathing, out of breath, work off, back of, walk off, mark off, pick off, knock off, think of, for lack of, breeze, peak, speak, sneak, steak, weaken, speak for, speak up, speaker.