afbreken

Meaning

1. (ergative) to break off
2. (transitive) to demolish, to break down
3. (ergative) to decompose
4. (ergative) to cut short, to abort, to end

Concepts

destroy

demolish

separate

share

pull down

divide

stop

take down

discontinue

pluck

abort

ruin

breakdown

break

pick

abase

drop

humiliate

mortify

pull to pieces

run down

write down

quash

abate

end

halt

lift

prorogue

quell

staunch

defeat

tear off

cut

dismantle

decay

rot

abridge

bring down

couch

cry down

cut up

debase

decrease

degrade

demean

deprave

diminish

discredit

downsize

draw

draw a line

humble

lessen

let down

look down

lower

make a stroke

reduce

roll out

shrink

streak

wreck

conclude

finish

terminate

apprehend

arrest

detain

nick

appease

assuage

beat

butcher

calm

chop

cover

cut off

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

go through

grub

hack

kill

liquidate

overcome

overthrow

pass through

quiet

quiten

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

soothe

still

surmount

tackle

tranquilize

use up

vanquish

weaken

win over

breach

crack

crush

dash

shatter

smash

gatherpick

debit

enter in one’s account

retail

take to pieces

breakoff

tearoff

cutup

rundown

writedown

pulldown

takedown

abandon

abend

ABEND

part

abrupt

abscission

deplete

escape

pillory

stifle

suspend

wrench

fell

break down

demolition

destruction

decomposition

break off

tear down

stop abruptly

interrupt

decompose

waste

disarm

Hyphenated as

af‧bre‧ken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑvˌbreːkə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch afbreken. Equivalent to af + breken.