break off
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(verb) prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence" |
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Synonyms: break, discontinue, stop |
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Related Words: bog, bog down, break up, cut off, disrupt, end, fracture, interrupt, leave off, terminate |
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(verb) break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" |
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Synonyms: break, snap off |
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Related Words: detach |
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(verb) interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
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Synonyms: break short, cut short |
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Related Words: break, hang up, interrupt |
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(verb) break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" |
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Synonyms: chip, cut off, knap |
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Related Words: cut |
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(verb) break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped" |
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Synonyms: break away, chip, chip off, come off |
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Related Words: divide, exfoliate, flake, flake off, part, peel, peel off, separate |
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