BROKE OFF Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

broke off

verb

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 On second down, wide receiver Malik Washington broke off a 30-yard reception after safety Alohi Gilman missed a tackle. — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 While awaiting trial in a Riverside County jail, Morales stabbed another inmate so hard that the tip of the knife broke off in the victim’s body, according to the appellate decision. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Brown broke off a 32-yard run and suffered an apparent leg injury. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 Winooski is a former textile mill town that broke off from nearby Colchester, Vermont, in 1922 to become its own city. — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2026 The couple broke off their engagement a few months after their son’s arrival, People confirmed. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 8 Sep. 2026 Authorities have also warned of potential further collapse around the glacier on Langtang Lirung mountain in Nepal, which cracked and broke off, triggering the August 26 landslide and flooding. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The cockpit also broke off, and fuel from the aircraft ignited during the process. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Daniel Shugar, a geologist at the University of Calgary in Canada, tells Rolling Stone that much more than that piece of glacier broke off the mountain. — Thor Benson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for broke off

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Like swimming, Golden's involvement with the university never stopped, either.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
The experiment eventually stopped when the catholyte gelled and blocked the flow channel.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of stopped

Verb

After 10 loud snores and two that were nearly inaudible, all movement ceased.

— MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
No, this wasn’t a major ordeal during the game, with both teams adapting during the moments in which communication ceased for a few seconds, but the concern is still valid.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of ceased

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Over the course of Next Gen NYC’s season, which ended this past week, the model Ava Dash grabs a slice of pizza on Fulton Street; strolls through the Seaport; and calls her father, the hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, from a bench at Pier 17.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
But the optics changed for James — a four-time NBA champion who has won titles with three different teams — once the Knicks ended their drought without needing his help.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

Verb

Following the coach’s firing in July 2023, more than 260 Northwestern faculty members signed a petition calling for the stadium plans to be halted until at least athletic department’s problems could be sorted out.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
While the ceasefire halted the heaviest fighting and humanitarian conditions have improved, the Israeli military has expanded its control of Gaza and now occupies some 60% of the territory.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of halted

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The grand jury and Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath both concluded those allegations were baseless.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The first phase of the competition concluded in late August, with all 25,000 relationships between polynomials and symmetry groups realized.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluded

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Shortly after Macklemore’s dismissal, the remaining supporting acts for Sheeran’s tour, including Grammy winner Finneas and folk band Beoga (Sheeran’s backing band), quit the Loop tour in solidarity.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
The other supporting acts on Sheeran’s tour quit in solidarity with Macklemore.

— Brie Stimson , Kelley Kramer, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of quit

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At the new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, Simpson, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was left off the team's new Wall of Fame, which honors the greatest players in team history.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Chicago loaded the bases off Cleveland's Craig Yoho on a pair of walks and a single before Chase Meidroth hit an RBI single, Randal Grichuk had a sacrifice fly and Vargas ripped a single into left off reliever Hunter Gaddis.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026