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 top of the column was broken off by vandals several years ago. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026 Beijing has broken off communication with Taiwan’s government, and in recent years, started sending warplanes and warships closer to the island in almost daily drills. —

ABC News, 11 May 2026 The van was parked and unoccupied, and a key was broken off in the driver’s door lock, police said. —

Cale Ahearn, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026 It was found empty with a key broken off in the driver's side door lock, according to police. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 The key had been broken off on the driver's side door. —

Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 During meteor showers, Earthlings ooh and aah over bits of rock that have broken off comets or asteroids as the travel around the sun. —

Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026 During the unmanned Artemis I mission in 2022, engineers discovered more than 100 locations on the Orion heat shield that had cracked and broken off during reentry. —

Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 It’s been stolen and recovered, had its nose broken off, and for 20 years the city stored it away for safety, which rather defeats the point of public statuary. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

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Can the textpocalypse be stopped?

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Otherwise, the Canadiens were stopped on their first shot and scored on their next three in Game 6; the Sabres were stopped on their first shot and scored on three straight against Jakub Dobeš in Game 5.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 May 2026