By week's end, the two countries had broken off diplomatic relations.

Hitler broke off relations with Angela and did not attend her second wedding.

Under pressure from the Comintern, however, the party broke off relations with both groups in 1924.

"We do not care even if all of them break off relations with us," he continued, playing on an old Chinese nationalistic streak.

They have also recalled their ambassador and our next step will most likely be to break off diplomatic relations.

To do such things would amount to breaking off diplomatic relations, and that cannot be what we have in mind.

I certainly believe that breaking off relations, which is now being threatened, would be completely the wrong move.

I seemed to have a separate brain for each limb, but they'd all broken off diplomatic relations.

After many negotiations the synod in 1834 broke off relations with the education board.