1. Interrupt before its natural or planned end
   "She had to break off the phone call when her baby started crying";
   - cut short, break short
    
2. Put an end to a state or an activity
   "break off teasing your little brother";
   - discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off, break, surcease [archaic]
    
3. Detach or become detached or separated from a larger piece
   "Her tooth broke off";
   - chip, chip off, come off, break away, break, snap off
    
4. Break a small piece off from
   "break off the glass";
   - chip, knap, cut off

Derived forms: broke off, breaks off, breaking off, broken off

Type of: break, cut, detach, divide, end, interrupt, part, separate, terminate