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