All breakoff synonyms

noun breakoff

• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
• closure — The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there.
• vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
• holiday — Billie ("Lady Day") 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
• letup — cessation; pause; relief.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• intrusion — Law. an illegal act of entering, seizing, or taking possession of another's property. a wrongful entry after the determination of a particular estate, made before the remainderman or reversioner has entered.
• hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
• disturbance — the act of disturbing.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
• blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
• breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
• hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
• hush — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• comma — A comma is the punctuation mark , which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list.
• stillness — silence; quiet; hush.
• stopover — a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
• gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
• hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
• caesura — (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line
• deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
• ten — a cardinal number, nine plus one.
• interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
• recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• layoff — the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• time-out — a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
• suspension — the act of suspending.
• conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• remission — the act of remitting.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
• abeyance — a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily