BREAK OFF

• (verb) prevent completion

  "stop the project", "break off the negotiations"

  synonyms : break , discontinue , stop

• (verb) interrupt before its natural or planned end

  "We had to cut short our vacation"

  synonyms : break short , cut short

• (verb) break a small piece off from

  "chip the glass", "chip a tooth"

  synonyms : chip , cut off , knap

  She chipped a tooth by mistake. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) break off (a piece from a whole)

  "Her tooth chipped"

  synonyms : break away , chip , chip off , come off

• (verb) break a piece from a whole

  "break a branch from a tree"

  synonyms : break , snap off

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