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 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 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 The mysterious glade is actually likely a piece of land that broke off from the reservoir’s shoreline as a result of record-high water levels this year. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 2 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 This is the moment a piece of a glacier broke off on the Chinese side of the border. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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Braden Turner and Ore Adeyi had interceptions, Robert Fitzgerald and Braydon Brus had fumble recoveries and the Northwestern defense stopped Colorado on all three of its fourth-down attempts.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The children left behind have not stopped being hungry, but the system that feeds them was built around a school calendar that runs out in June.

— Tim Grailer, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of stopped

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And unlike the federal tax credits that expired in September, these incentives offer an instant discount and don’t require buyers to apply for credit later.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Slye pulled the Titans closer with a 37-yard field goal as the second quarter expired.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of expired

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The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
The conflict, which ended the following year, claimed over 100,000 lives and contributed to famine in the region.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

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Kennedy boasted about the administration’s moves to downsize the childhood vaccination schedule and reshape a key vaccine advisory board — steps that have since been halted by a judge.

— Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Kennedy boasted about the administration's moves to downsize the childhood vaccination schedule and reshape a key vaccine advisory board -- steps that have since been halted by a judge.

— FATIMA HUSSEIN, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of halted

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Independent analysis has concluded that recent Russian elections — including the 2024 presidential contest, in which officials said Putin secured more than 87 percent of the vote — were fraudulent.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But a recent working paper analyzing the results of 42 different studies concluded that school meal programs in high-income economies had minimal effects on students’ behavioral, health or educational outcomes.

— Ari Sen, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

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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
Teenage winger Zavier Gozo has been left off Palace’s Europa League squad, which shouldn’t necessarily be a big surprise.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026