break off relations
Frequency: 7.511.2 per million words
to end a relationship, especially a formal or diplomatic one
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- The ambassador announced that his country would break off relations with the neighboring state.
- After the conflict, many nations decided to break off diplomatic relations.
- She threatened to break off all personal relations with him if he didn't apologize.
- Historically, severe political disagreements often lead to countries breaking off bilateral relations.
- They were forced to break off economic relations due to ongoing sanctions.
- The incident caused the two organizations to break off their collaborative relations.
- If the situation escalates, we may have to break off formal relations completely.
- The two families broke off all social relations after the bitter dispute.
- Following the scandal, the company chose to break off its long-standing relations with the supplier.
- Diplomatic relations have been broken off between the two countries.