Definition of break up

verb (v)

• to cause to separate and go in different directions (verb.motion)

  Synonym: dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter
  

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• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways (verb.social)

  Synonym: break, part, separate, split, split up
  

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• come apart (verb.motion)

  Synonym: divide, part, separate
  

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• break violently or noisily; smash (verb.contact)

  Synonym: break apart, crash
  

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• make a break in (verb.communication)

  Synonym: cut off, disrupt, interrupt
  

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• cause to go into a solution (verb.change)

  Synonym: dissolve, resolve
  

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• suffer a nervous breakdown (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
  

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• take apart into its constituent pieces (verb.creation)

  Synonym: break apart, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
  Antonym: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
  

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• destroy the completeness of a set of related items (verb.contact)

  Synonym: break
  

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• set or keep apart (verb.contact)

  Synonym: sever
  

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• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example (verb.contact)

  Synonym: pick
  

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• release ice (verb.contact)

  Synonym: calve
  

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• close at the end of a session (verb.change)

  Synonym: adjourn, recess
  

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• bring the association of to an end or cause to break up (verb.change)

  Synonym: dissolve
  

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• come to an end (verb.change)

  Synonym: break, dissolve
  

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• break or cause to break into pieces (verb.change)

  Synonym: fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
  

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• cause to separate (verb.change)

  Synonym: disperse, scatter
  

  Example:
  Break up kidney stones.
  

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• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)

  Synonym: break down, decompose
  

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• laugh unrestrainedly (verb.body)

  Synonym: crack up
  

  source: wordnet30

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