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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb break short has 1 sense

• break short(v = verb.change) break off, cut short - interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
is one way to break, interrupt
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

ROGET THESAURUS

break short

Brittleness

VB be brittle, live in a glass house, break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way, fall to pieces, crumble to, crumble into dust.

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