break off

verbs

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