Synonyms of breaking off

breaking off

verb

present participle of break off

1

as in ending

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ending
• stopping
• ceasing
• halting
• cutting off
• laying off
• shutting off
• cutting out
• leaving off
• quitting
• packing (up or in)
• breaking up
• knocking off
• giving over
• desisting (from)
• delaying
• dropping
• having done with
• putting the kibosh on
• suspending
• discontinuing
• finishing
• concluding
• closing (down)
• breaking
• canning
• holding back
• checking
• turning back
• completing
• clamping down
• reining (in)
• blocking
• pausing
• holding
• stemming
• ruining
• impeding
• staying
• hindering
• obstructing
• deactivating
• suppressing
• kiboshing
• detaining
• aborting
• braking
• destroying
• damming
• blockading
• stamping
• calling
• abolishing
• dissolving
• stunting
• arresting
• scuttling
• killing
• squelching
• squashing
• demolishing
• snuffing
• annulling
• stanching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carrying on
• continuing
• running on
• keeping up
• proceeding
• following through (with)
• progressing
• advancing
• driving
• stirring
• actuating
• propelling
• impelling

2

as in stopping

to come to an end

talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ending
• stopping
• expiring
• concluding
• halting
• ceasing
• winking (out)
• leaving off
• winding up
• breaking up
• letting up
• passing
• finishing
• dying
• going
• closing
• terminating
• biting the dust
• determining
• laying off (of)
• elapsing
• lapsing
• discontinuing
• refraining (from)
• stalling
• packing (up or in)
• quitting
• knocking off
• cutting out
• giving over
• dead-ending
• breaking down
• desisting (from)
• winding down
• conking (out)
• pausing
• petering (out)
• staying
• suspending
• abating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hanging on
• continuing
• persisting
• drawing out
• extending
• prolonging
• protracting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breaking off

Walker turned the corner around a defender near the sideline, breaking off a 76-yard run to get Kansas City near the Las Vegas goal line. — Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Experts believe Wednesday's mudslides and flash flooding across Nepal and China's Tibet region were caused by a large chunk of ice breaking off a glacier and falling into the Lhende Khola River. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

The AccuWeather team will be looking for smaller storm cells breaking off of the main line, which would give them freedom to begin rotating and potentially spin off a tornado funnel. — Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

Later videos appeared to show the top of the rocket breaking off in flight. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Now, though, some branches are breaking off. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

In November 1987, after breaking off her engagement with Estevez, Moore married Bruce in Las Vegas. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 21 June 2026

Work is continuing to try to stabilize the Pacifica Municipal Pier, which began cracking at its base on June 4 and is now in danger of breaking off and falling into the water. — John Ramos, CBS News, 16 June 2026

That trail of vaporizing particles breaking off the asteroid causes a bright streak of light across the sky called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star. — Adam Lark, The Conversation, 16 June 2026