break-off

(v) interrupt before its natural or planned end
- We had to cut short our vacation
break short, cut short,
(v) prevent completion
- stop the project
- break off the negotiations
discontinue, stop, break,
(v) break off (a piece from a whole)
- Her tooth chipped
chip, chip off, break away, come off,
(v) break a piece from a whole
- break a branch from a tree
snap off, break,
(v) break a small piece off from
- chip the glass
- chip a tooth
knap, chip, cut off,

break short cut short discontinue stop break chip chip off break away come off snap off knap cut off

break out