broken off

verb

Definition of broken offnext
past participle of break off
1
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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2
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 Synonyms for broken off
  1. stopped
  2. ended
  3. halted
  4. ceased
  5. concluded
  6. cut off
  7. passed
  8. shut off
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  • Both have stopped issuing new housing subsidies.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Still, that hasn’t stopped its owner, Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie, from enjoying it.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of stopped
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  • After years of deciphering cryptic clues and exploring hidden locations, the search has finally ended.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The medical condition that ended Henrik Lundqvist’s playing career has set him up to make his next great save.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ended
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  • Qatar has halted its mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas, citing a lack of willingness from both sides to engage constructively, according to a diplomatic source briefed on the matter.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • But the execution was halted after the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify about his case, an unprecedented gambit that led to a partial stay of execution from the Texas Supreme Court.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of halted
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  • Earlier this year, the company abruptly ceased operations at its Jacksonville, Florida, facility and began working to set up the assembly plant in Ontario to assemble commercial electric delivery vans and trucks.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting and has ceased its remediation plan due to the pending merger.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of ceased
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  • The feature, which concluded Trier’s trilogy, was also up for Best International Feature.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • North and South Korea have been cut off from each other since the end of the Korean War in 1953, which concluded with an armistice not a peace treaty, leaving the two sides still technically at war.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Earlier this week, Bangladesh's High Court ordered a high-level probe into the conglomerate’s power supply deal to the country—as the Adani group threatened to cut off power supply to the country over $850 million in unpaid dues.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Her body was eventually tossed off a cliff but the teens returned later and mutilated her corpse, cutting the body at least 180 times, removing a portion of a lung and cutting off her fingers, court records show.
    Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut off
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  • The referral passed the Senate on a party-line 16-13 vote with Republicans in favor.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the last four days, some of the most interesting players in Spanish-language content have passed through, sharing the latest on slates and company strategies.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of passed
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  • The village is part of the Town of Warwick, which said in a statement that voluntary evacuations were in effect for residents along one road, power was shut off as a precaution during a prescribed burn, and another key road was restricted to a single lane for residents.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • In an effort to mitigate risks, on Tuesday night Southern California Edison began shutting off power to customers in areas where its equipment was considered at high risk of sparking a wildfire.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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