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Verb break off has 5 senses
- cut short, break short, break off - interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
--1 is one way to interrupt, break
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- break, break off, discontinue, stop - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations"
--2 is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off - break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
--3 is one way to separate, divide, part
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- break, break off, snap off - break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
--4 is one way to detach
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- chip, knap, cut off, break off - break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
--5 is one way to cut
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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