1 to bring [as an action or operation] to an immediate end
- the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch
2 to come to an end
- talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands
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Break off. Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, //www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break%20off. Accessed 10 Feb. 2022.
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