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| disconnect |
to break off or interrupt the connection of or between. [1/3 definitions] |
| disengage |
to break off a military engagement with. [1/4 definitions] |
| disrupt |
to interrupt or break off, usu. temporarily. [1/2 definitions] |
| interrupt |
to cause to stop; break off. [1/4 definitions] |
| jilt |
to break off relations with (a lover, fiancée, or the like) esp. without good cause. |
| rupture |
to break off (a friendship or other close relation). [1/6 definitions] |
| splinter |
to break or break off into splinters. [2/4 definitions] |
| tumbleweed |
any of various plants whose rounded, branched tops break off in autumn and are rolled about by the wind. |
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