BREAKS OFF Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

breaks off

verb

present tense third-person singular of break off

as in stops

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the judge broke off court proceedings until after lunch

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as in ends

to come to an end talks between the two sides broke off when one began making unreasonable demands

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Recent Examples of breaks off According to the reports, the malfunctions occurred during the ride's signature ‘tilt' portion, where the segment of track containing the ride vehicle breaks off completely and tilts forward 45 degrees before reconnecting to another piece of track at a 90-degree angle to the ground below. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 If the mouthpiece breaks off, try to remove it without digging into the skin. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 That Sun team, led by Tina Charles, is beating the breaks off the Sparks. — Kiese Laymon, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026 Each one of those, in this quantum theory, breaks off into another block of cheese. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026 State officials compared the project to Boise’s Flying Wye, where the I-184 Connector breaks off from I-84 west of downtown Boise. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026 Mahama breaks off in exasperation. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025 The scene where ‘80s teen Marty McFly borrows a scooter from a bewildered ‘50s kid and breaks off the handles to make a skateboard is one of the film’s most iconic moments. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025 Second, the flowing glacier brings more ice forward to replace what breaks off, slowing the cliff’s inland retreat and making a chain reaction of cliff toppling less likely. — Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaks off

Verb

The study stops well short of identifying the first artists by name.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Here's where autonomy stops being binary and starts being a loop.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of stops

Verb

Amid Pride Park’s sea of black seats, there’s no real sense of where one stand ends and the next starts.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, or ABIOVE, said the Supreme Court ruling ends years of legal uncertainty and validates voluntary sustainability commitments adopted by traders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of ends

Verb

The negotiations have taken on additional urgency because Fulton County's lease of the Atlanta detention center expires at the end of 2026.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
This comes despite the 26-year-old being in the last 11 months of his contract, which expires on June 30, 2027.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of expires

Verb

If shipping through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea halts, the world could face more economic pain.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 July 2026
The robot immediately responds to the interruption and halts the operation, illustrating Unitree’s focus on continuous human-robot interaction and dynamic task adaptation.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of halts

Verb

When training concludes with small sided games, losing teams are punished with more running to end the session while the winning team can relax and watch.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Plus, the event concludes in the evening with a lantern-lighting ceremony in the Japanese Garden pond and Frog Pond.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of concludes

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But once the residence passes building inspection, the homeowner could enclose the underneath space, creating a ground-level story.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Both passes deflected off a player, the first off WR Terrace Marshall and the second off WR Tutu Atwell.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026