BROKE OFF Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

broke off

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past tense of break off

as in stopped

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch

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as in expired

to come to an end talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands

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Recent Examples of broke off While other hummingbirds seemed primarily focused on the nectar, some occasionally broke off and darted into the insect cloud. —

Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026 Last month, talks broke off and the NFL began making plans to hire and train replacement officials as early as mid-May. —

Mike Jones, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 The stabbing was so forceful that the tip of the knife broke off inside the officer’s head, Chamberlain said, but the officer was able to fire his gun and shoot the man during the attack. —

Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 The victim fought off Mohammed after being stabbed, holding onto the blade of a kitchen knife using a towel until the blade broke off the handle. —

Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 The studios negotiated for more than a month with the performers’ union in February and March, but broke off in order to turn their attention to the writers. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026 Sixty yards beyond, the ridge broke off sharply in three directions. —

Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026 After remarks from a handful of speakers, most of the crowd broke off into a march through the streets. —

Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Mar. 2026 His future wife broke off their engagement in 1960. —

Eric Olson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026

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To encompass the story, about a miracle from 847, when Pope Leo IV stopped a fire with a blessing, Raphael brings you into the fresco through the unshod feet of a woman in agony and leaves you near the very back, with a tiny and serene Leo IV.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
If the game stopped at this point, Fermat’s method for dividing the pot would list all possible outcomes of those five coin flips and then tally the ones that amassed 10 points for each player.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026