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Abruptly end (a thing)
Answer for the clue "Abruptly end (a thing) ", 9 letters:
break off
Word definitions for break off in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" [syn: cut short , break short ] prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negociations" [syn: break , discontinue , stop ] break off (a piece from a whole); ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently. 2 To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping 3 (context billiards snooker English) (alternative form of break-off English)
Usage examples of break off.
The kids break off their argument, noticing the white steam hissing out of the Ryder truck's grille like dragon's breath, but Gary Ripton pays zero attention to the Ryder truck's problems.
Kirk chose his words with care, "a dereliction of our mission to break off the search and go see what thisthis anomaly is, don't you think?
It was difficult for him, and several times he had to break off, wrestling with his emotions.