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breaking off

noun as in alienation

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His heart is set on our marriage—there will be great difficulty, I fear, in reconciling him to the breaking-off of the engagement.

From the first he had blamed himself for the breaking-off of her engagement with Derek.

This breaking-off in speech was something quite new in Felix.

But breaking-off this parley would mean that he had burnt his boats.

But try breaking-off with love when you want it most, when its fairest, most devilishly alive.

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On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to break off, such as: sever, detach, disassemble, divide, part, and pull off.

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