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breaking off   (TTS Sound)

The noun breaking off has 1 sense

• breaking off, abruption -- (an instance of sudden interruption)

The 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")


• break, break off, discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations")


• chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off -- (break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped")


• break, break off, snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree")


• chip, knap, cut off, break off -- (break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth")