break_off
1. [ verb ] interrupt before its natural or planned end
Synonyms: cut_short break_short
Examples:

"We had to cut short our vacation"

Related terms: interrupt hang_up
2. [ verb ] prevent completion
Synonyms: break stop discontinue
Examples:

"stop the project" "break the silence"

Related terms: end end interrupt leave_off bog_down fracture stop
3. [ verb ] break off; of a piece from a whole
Synonyms: chip break_away come_off chip_off
Examples:

"Her tooth chipped"

Related terms: separate peel_off exfoliate bit
4. [ verb ] break a piece from a whole
Synonyms: snap_off break
Examples:

"break a branch from a tree"

Related terms: detach breakage
5. [ verb ] break a small piece off from
Synonyms: knap cut_off chip
Examples:

"chip the glass" "chip a tooth"

Related terms: cut carve bit
Similar spelling:   break_of_day
  brush_off
  break_open
  break_up
  breakfast
  Breakfield
  break_even
  breakup
  break_bread
  break_apart