- 1〔絶えること〕extinction
断絶する become extinct; cease to exist
- その家は悲惨な事件のため断絶した
- The family was wiped out in a tragic accident.
- 彼の家は彼を最後に断絶するだろう
- The family name will die (out) with him.
- 2〔関係を絶つこと〕断絶する break [cut] off
- 断絶の時代
- the age of discontinuity
- 隣国と国交を断絶する
- break off diplomatic relations with a neighboring country
- 友好関係が断絶した
- Friendly relations were severed [ruptured].
- 息子との断絶感に彼は苦しんだ
- He was troubled by a sense of alienation from his son.
- 政治家と庶民の断絶感は強まっている
- The credibility gap between politicians and the masses is getting wider and wider.