BROKEN OFF Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

broken off

verb

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past participle of break off

as in stopped

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 ended

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 broken off The video sees Strelow attempt to reattach the medal before realizing — like Johnson — that the small clasp connecting the medal to the ribbon had broken off as well. —

Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026 The tip of the knife blade was broken off. —

Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026 After that mission, NASA found chunks of the heat shield had broken off, leaving divots in the charred Avcoat material. —

Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026 Parents should look for a toy that is sturdy and does not have too many small parts that can get lost or broken off. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026 Firefighters discovered that a cap beam atop a pillar had broken off and toppled, throwing six workers roughly 30 feet and trapping one inside the concrete form work platform, Sanchez said. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2026 The tooth could have broken off at different levels possibly leaving part of the crown or the root. —

Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026 There was a piece of grass in the same cornea — not embedded in the scar tissue, but broken off in the healthy cornea beside it. —

Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025 Each cutting should have 2 to 5 leaf segments and be clipped off with clean shears or scissors or gently broken off with your fingers between two leaf segments. —

Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025

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Now polling suggests the public, and even Republican leaders in Congress, have stopped buying the White House’s claims that federal agents’ paramilitary-style raids only target violent criminals.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
They are focused on the human injustices wrought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who have stopped cars on roadsides, rounded up job-seekers and even laid in wait outside hearing rooms to detain people complying with required appearances in immigration court.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026