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break up

/ break up /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

laugh unrestrainedly

Type of:

laugh express joy express mirth

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 2

come apart

"the group broke up"

Type of:

separate part split

Kinds of:

disband dissolve

Derived:

separation breakup detachment

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 3

cause to separate

"break up kidney stones"

"disperse particles"

Type of:

change integrity

Kinds of:

backscatter

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 4

break or cause to break into pieces

"The plate fragmented"

Type of:

break separate split up

Kinds of:

atomize atomise grind mash crunch

Derived:

fragment shard sherd fragmentation atomization

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s to somebody

verb Sense 5

destroy the completeness of a set of related items

"The book dealer would not break the set"

Type of:

change alter modify

Verb group:

break

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 6

break violently or noisily; smash;

Type of:

disintegrate

Verb group:

crash

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something to somebody

verb Sense 7

set or keep apart

"sever a relationship"

Type of:

separate disunite divide

Derived:

rupture breach break severance rift

Verb group:

discerp sever lop

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 8

attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

"Pick open the ice"

Type of:

pierce

Derived:

pick pickax pickaxe

Entails:

chop hack

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 9

release ice

"The icebergs and glaciers calve"

Type of:

separate divide part

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 10

bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

"The decree officially dissolved the marriage"

"the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

Type of:

end terminate

Derived:

dissolution disintegration adjournment breakup

Verb group:

dissolve dismiss

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 11

come to an end

"Their marriage dissolved"

"The tobacco monopoly broke up"

Type of:

end terminate

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 12

separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

Type of:

separate

Kinds of:

digest dissociate crack

Derived:

decomposition decomposition reaction

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Domain:

chemistry chemical science

verb Sense 13

make a break in

"We interrupt the program for the following messages"

Type of:

break break off discontinue

Kinds of:

cut cut off punctuate break put away

Derived:

break interruption disruption gap interrupter

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 14

cause to go into a solution

"The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

Type of:

change integrity

Kinds of:

melt run melt down cut

Derived:

solvent dissolvent dissolver dissolving agent resolvent

Causes:

dissolve

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 15

close at the end of a session

"The court adjourned"

Type of:

end stop finish

Derived:

respite recess break time out adjournment

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 16

to cause to separate and go in different directions

"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Type of:

separate divide

Kinds of:

disband

Derived:

scatter spread scattering strewing dispersion

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

verb Sense 17

suffer a nervous breakdown

Type of:

suffer sustain have

Derived:

collapse breakdown crack-up

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 18

take apart into its constituent pieces

Opposites:

assemble piece put together set up tack

Type of:

destroy destruct

Derived:

dismantling dismantlement disassembly

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 19

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

"The business partners broke over a tax question"

"The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"

"My friend and I split up"

Kinds of:

give the axe give the bounce give the gate disunify break apart

Derived:

dissolution breakup rupture breach break

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

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Total Relationships

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Related Words

laugh express joy express mirth separate part split disband dissolve change integrity backscatter break split up