break off

break off
    v 1: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut
         short our vacation" [syn: {cut short}, {break short},
         {break off}]
    2: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the
       negotiations" [syn: {break}, {break off}, {discontinue},
       {stop}]
    3: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn:
       {chip}, {chip off}, {come off}, {break away}, {break off}]
    4: break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
       [syn: {break}, {break off}, {snap off}]
    5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
       tooth" [syn: {chip}, {knap}, {cut off}, {break off}]
    

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "break off":
      agree to disagree, be at cross-purposes, break, clash, collide,
      conflict, contradict, counter, cut off, differ, disaccord,
      disagree, disarrange, discontinue, disjoin, dissent, intermit,
      interrupt, jangle, jar, jostle, mismatch, mismate, negate, object,
      snap the thread, suspend, take a break, vary