break off's Usage Examples:

After the assassination, she asks the new Earl, Harl, to break off her engagement, but he refuses.

from her commanding officer to break off the affair, and for twice lying under oath to investigators about having done so.

Although the government denies responsibility, major political events begin to transpire differently, and Jeff attempts to break off the relationship.

Surf spots Lance"s Right and Lance"s Left break off the southern end of the island - named after the man who found them, Australian.

A piece of either an arterial or a venous thrombus can break off as an embolus which can travel through the circulation and.

caused by police firing teargas after some of the crowd attempted to break off parts of the stadium wall to exit.

Consequently, Park threatened to break off diplomatic relations and to nationalise Japanese assets in South Korea.

Volumnia, plus other family members and matrons of Rome, successfully entreated Coriolanus to break off his siege.

Rideau Falls by cutting "keys" through the ice and using explosives to break off large sheets of ice.

break off his attack because of a bum magneto and sputtering engine and crashland his own plane.

The latching tab may easily snag on other cables and break off resulting in loss of the secure latching feature.

The reason for Wolff's decision to break off combat is unknown.

lithospheric rupture will occur within 10 million years; the Somali Plate will break off and a new ocean basin will form.

Synonyms:

break up, stop, break, terminate, bog down, end, fracture, bog, interrupt, discontinue, cut off, disrupt,

Antonyms:

begin, unify, assemble, cry, integrate,