断ち切る

Meaning

1. v5rvt
   to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off
2. v5rvt
   to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to give up (an attachment, habit, etc.); to stop (e.g. a vicious cycle)
3. v5rvt
   to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block; to break up (e.g. an intelligence network)

Example sentences

• 彼は喫煙という悪い習慣を断ち切った。

  He broke himself of the bad habit of smoking.

• 賃金と物価の悪循環を断ち切ることは困難だ。

  It is difficult to break the vicious circle of wages and prices.

• 習慣は一度身についてしまうと、断ち切るのがとても難しい。

  A habit is very difficult to shake off once it is formed.