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