| Dropping scissors can knock the blades out of alignment, break off tips and nick cutting edges. |
| Some the stems of the flowers seem too weak to support the flower, so they bend over and sometimes break off. |
| The politician was considered a Russophobe because of his decision that Bulgaria break off relations with Russia. |
| Moose break off branches of poplar saplings and of red and striped maples to feed on the terminal buds and twigs. |
| The cerci of some diplurans are designed to break off near the base if they are mishandled. |
| The cells would break off and could be seen floating in suspension in the tissue culture medium. |
