1.   Den left the next day, needing to make a clean break.

2.   Gossip has it that his wife had recently left him and he wanted to make a clean break.

3.   He says it indicates a clean break with a stupid and superstitious past.

4.   It was best to make a clean break.

5.   The adoption of an economy based on farming did not effect a clean break.

6.   I wanted a clean break so that I could restart my life.

7.   Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture.

8.   She wanted to make a clean break from her mother and father.