All break off synonyms
break off
B b verb break off
- sever — to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- disassemble — to take apart.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pull off — the act of pulling or drawing.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
- desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.