Verb break off has 5 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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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