break off
Example Sentences
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The report said it was very likely that the glacier tongue would break off in the coming years, splitting the glacier in two.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
“Should we leave NATO? Should we close American bases? Should we break off trade relations? Should we storm McDonald’s?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
When ovarian cancer develops, cancer cells break off from the tumor.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
"This enables us to measure the many different types of waves that are generated after icebergs break off," says lead author Dominik Gräff, a UW postdoctoral researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025
She had an interesting, slightly sweaty smell that reminded me of those scallopy leaves of sweet fern you break off and crush between your fingers for the musk of them.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
