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break up - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
break up
Definition
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions
Synonyms
:
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
scatter
Example Sentence
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Definition
(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Synonyms
:
break
,
part
,
separate
,
split
,
split up
Example Sentence
The business partners broke over a tax question
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
My friend and I split up
Definition
(verb) come apart
Example Sentence
the group broke up
Definition
(verb) break violently or noisily; smash
Synonyms
:
break apart
,
crash
Definition
(verb) make a break in
Synonyms
:
cut off
,
disrupt
,
interrupt
Example Sentence
We interrupt the program for the following messages
Definition
(verb) cause to go into a solution
Synonyms
:
dissolve
,
resolve
Example Sentence
The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Definition
(verb) suffer a nervous breakdown
Synonyms
:
collapse
,
crack
,
crack up
,
crock up
Definition
(verb) take apart into its constituent pieces
Synonyms
:
break apart
,
disassemble
,
dismantle
,
take apart
Definition
(verb) destroy the completeness of a set of related items
Synonyms
:
break
Example Sentence
The book dealer would not break the set
Definition
(verb) set or keep apart
Synonyms
:
sever
Example Sentence
sever a relationship
Definition
(verb) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Synonyms
:
pick
Example Sentence
Pick open the ice
Definition
(verb) release ice
Synonyms
:
calve
Example Sentence
The icebergs and glaciers calve
Definition
(verb) close at the end of a session
Synonyms
:
adjourn
,
recess
Example Sentence
The court adjourned
Definition
(verb) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Synonyms
:
dissolve
Example Sentence
The decree officially dissolved the marriage
the judge dissolved the tobacco company
Definition
(verb) come to an end
Synonyms
:
dissolve
Example Sentence
Their marriage dissolved
The tobacco monopoly broke up
Definition
(verb) break or cause to break into pieces
Synonyms
:
fragment
,
fragmentise
,
fragmentize
Example Sentence
The plate fragmented
Definition
(verb) cause to separate
Synonyms
:
disperse
,
scatter
Example Sentence
break up kidney stones
disperse particles
Definition
(verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Synonyms
:
break down
,
decompose
Definition
(verb) laugh unrestrainedly
Synonyms
:
crack up
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