break off
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Synonyms
break, break up, can [slang], cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop
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Faith followed her heart, breaking off her engagement to begin a relationship with fellow artist Tim instead. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "A Look Back at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Legendary Marriage," 2 Feb. 2019 Another photo showed a QF-16 target drone (a F-16 modified to act as an unmanned practice target) with the aircraft nose cone broken off. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "More Than a Dozen F-22s May Have Been Damaged or Destroyed by Hurricane Michael," 15 Oct. 2018 The couple seemed to have officially call it quits and have reportedly also broken off their engagement, according to TMZ. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Have Reportedly Broken Up and Called Off Their Engagement," 14 Oct. 2018 This pressure campaign went on unbeknownst to me for months, because at that point Tyler broke off contact with me. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Full transcript: WSJ investigative journalist John Carreyrou on Recode Decode," 3 June 2018 In September, a man died after rocks broke off El Capitan, falling on him and his wife. — Christina Caron, New York Times, "Two Elite Climbers Fall to Their Deaths Scaling El Capitan in Yosemite," 3 June 2018 But the equipment was never delivered because the two countries broke off relations after American hostages were seized at the U.S. Embassy in Iran. — courant.com, "Fact-checking President Trump's reasons for leaving the Iran nuclear deal," 9 May 2018 If mouth parts break off remove them with tweezers. — BostonGlobe.com, "How to remove a tick from your body," 7 May 2018 If the mouth-parts do break off, remove them with tweezers. — Fiza Pirani, ajc, "Tick, mosquito and flea infections in US more than triple since 2004, CDC warns," 2 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'break off.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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