BROKEN OFF Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

broken off

verb

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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 Like Andrew, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also claimed to have broken off contact with Epstein—in his case, in 2005, after seeing Epstein’s massage room in New York—but the files revealed that the association continued for many years afterward. —

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026 The same tip had already broken off during an act of vandalism in 2016, Rome’s city hall said. —

ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 The video sees Strelow attempt to reattach the medal before realizing — like Johnson — that the small clasp connecting the medal to the ribbon had broken off as well. —

Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026 The tip of the knife blade was broken off. —

Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026 After that mission, NASA found chunks of the heat shield had broken off, leaving divots in the charred Avcoat material. —

Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026 Parents should look for a toy that is sturdy and does not have too many small parts that can get lost or broken off. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026 Firefighters discovered that a cap beam atop a pillar had broken off and toppled, throwing six workers roughly 30 feet and trapping one inside the concrete form work platform, Sanchez said. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2026 The tooth could have broken off at different levels possibly leaving part of the crown or the root. —

Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026

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The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers carrying oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran from traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
However, access stopped after airstrikes hit Iran’s major nuclear facilities at Fordow and Natanz.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026