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Break up
To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
📖 Definitions of "Break up"
verb
- 1
To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
"It broke up when it hit the ground."
- 2
To end a relationship.
"She broke up with her boyfriend last week."
- 3
To end a relationship with each other.
"Jane and Stephen broke up."
- 4
To dissolve; to part.
"The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Break up"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| seververb | (transitive) To cut free. |
| dissipateverb | (intransitive) To vanish by dispersion. |
| dispelverb | (transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified. |
| split upverb | (intransitive, idiomatic, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group. |
| disassembleverb | To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly. |
| take apartverb | To dismantle something into its component pieces. |
| dissolveverb | (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid. |
| decomposeverb | (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components. |
| dismantleverb | (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces. |
| cut offverb | To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water. |
| collapsenoun | (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in. |
| breakverb | (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. |
| interruptverb | (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| fragmentizeverb | (transitive) To break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments. |
| disperseverb | (transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions. |
| scatternoun | (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse. |
| fragmentnoun | A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not |
| recessnoun | (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening. |
| adjournverb | (intransitive) To end or suspend an event. |
| disruptverb | (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder. |
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