BROKEN OFF Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

broken off

verb

past participle 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 ended

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 broken off Stuart Broad and Michael Atherton are on the microphones, while statistician Benedict Bermange has just broken off explaining how his very swish touchscreen scoring tablet works. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The pair have since broken off their engagement, according to the California Post. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Additionally, there were large branches broken off trees in the yard of a home. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 29 July 2026 The 'why' behind airline safety rules Local Greek media reported that a piece of the engine had broken off and that debris smashed the window, quickly decompressing the cabin, which led to part of Karović's body being sucked out of the window. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 14 July 2026 The window shade also appeared to have been almost entirely broken off . — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 At that point, Preston had divorced Gage and also broken off an engagement to fellow actor Charlie Sheen. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 22 May 2026 The top of the column was broken off by vandals several years ago. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026 Beijing has broken off communication with Taiwan’s government, and in recent years, started sending warplanes and warships closer to the island in almost daily drills. — ABC News, 11 May 2026

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The first leg was stopped after Vinicius Junior said he had been racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni, who denied the allegation.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
British driver Ollie Millroy thanked rival Loek Hartog for saving his life after the Dutch racer stopped and pulled him from a burning Ferrari during a China GT Championship race in Shanghai on Saturday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of stopped

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United ended their four-season sleeve sponsorship with DXC Technology in August, with the team instead wearing the standard Premier League sleeve patches, as required by league regulations, for the opening games.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Disagreements over how to resolve the problem created a political crisis that ended an alliance between leading figures in the government that came to power in 2024.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

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This wider story spans five centuries from the first enslavement of the Caribbean Lucayan and Taíno in 1492 to the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, which slowly halted the stealing of tens of thousands of Native children through adoptions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Unifor, the Canadian auto union, has halted contract talks with Stellantis.

— Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of halted

Verb

The Prepared Hero Fire Blanket is designed to help smother small fires by cutting off their oxygen supply and comes in a ready-to-hang pouch for easy access.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Trump’s threat to cut off foreign trade could endanger growth, further hurting his ratings.

— Josh Boak, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut off

Verb

Some saw the other cheaters get away with it and concluded the prompt forbidding cheating had no teeth—that there wouldn’t be any punishment for cheating.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Jurors concluded that if NFL teams competed with one another in broadcasting deals, fans would reap the benefits of that competition.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluded

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Most movies are paired with local live acts to fill the air as the crowd mills in or to keep the party going long after the projector shuts off.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
Britton told me that extensive meditation can prompt the prefrontal cortex to essentially shut off the brain’s emotional centers, causing feelings to seem blunted.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of shut off

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That was portrayed in some quarters as a mass exodus, one that would inevitably lead to the remainder of Newcastle’s best players departing as well — if not during the window just gone, then next summer.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
YIMBYism has gone from a fringe concern to an organizing principle for young people priced out of cities.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026