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| 1. | [ verb ] to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example | |
| Synonyms: | scatter dissipate disperse dispel | |
| Examples: | "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." |
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| Related terms: | separate disband dispersion scatter scatter dissipation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | |
| Synonyms: | split part separate break split_up | |
| Examples: | "The business partners broke over a tax question" "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage" "My friend and I split up" |
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| Related terms: | secede disassociate dissassociate break_with divorce break give_the_axe disunify break separation dissolution rupture legal_separation | |
| 3. | [ verb ] come apart | |
| Examples: | "the group broke up" |
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| Related terms: | separate disband separation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make a break in | |
| Synonyms: | interrupt cut_off disrupt | |
| Examples: | "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
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| Related terms: | break pause stop cut interject take_off chime_in jam heckle burst_in_on put_away break punctuate gap | |
| 5. | [ verb ] break violently or noisily; smash; | |
| Synonyms: | crash break_apart | |
| Related terms: | disintegrate crash | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cause to go into a solution | |
| Synonyms: | dissolve resolve | |
| Examples: | "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" |
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| Related terms: | change_integrity melt cut dissolution solvent dissolve | |
| 7. | [ verb ] release ice; of icebergs or glaciers | |
| Synonyms: | calve | |
| Related terms: | separate | |
| 8. | [ verb ] break or cause to break into pieces | |
| Synonyms: | fragmentize fragmentise fragment | |
| Examples: | "The plate fragmented" "I don't want to break up the group" |
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| Related terms: | break grate crush grind splinter sunder brecciate pound rag atomize crumb fragment shard atomization fragmentation fragmentation | |
| 9. | [ verb ] attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example | |
| Synonyms: | pick | |
| Examples: | "Pick open the ice" |
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| Related terms: | pierce chop | |
| 10. | [ verb ] set or keep apart | |
| Synonyms: | sever | |
| Examples: | "sever a relationship" |
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| Related terms: | separate sever | |
| 11. | [ verb ] come to an end | |
| Synonyms: | dissolve | |
| Examples: | "Their marriage dissolved" "The tobacco monopoly broke up" |
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| Related terms: | end end | |
| 12. | [ verb ] separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical substances | |
| Synonyms: | decompose break_down | |
| Related terms: | separate dissociate digest crack chemistry | |
| 13. | [ verb ] destroy the completeness of a set of related items | |
| Synonyms: | break | |
| Examples: | "The book dealer would not break the set" |
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| Related terms: | change break | |
| 14. | [ verb ] close at the end of a session | |
| Synonyms: | adjourn recess | |
| Examples: | "The court adjourned" |
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| Related terms: | terminate end respite | |
| 15. | [ verb ] (medicine) suffer a nervous breakdown | |
| Synonyms: | crack_up collapse crock_up crack | |
| Related terms: | suffer collapse | |
| 16. | [ verb ] take apart into its constituent pieces | |
| Synonyms: | disassemble take_apart break_apart dismantle | |
| Related terms: | assemble destroy dismantling | |
| 17. | [ verb ] cause to separate | |
| Synonyms: | scatter disperse | |
| Examples: | "break up kidney stones" "disperse particles" |
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| Related terms: | change_integrity backscatter | |
| 18. | [ verb ] bring the association of to an end or cause to break up | |
| Synonyms: | dissolve | |
| Examples: | "The decree officially dissolved the marriage" "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" |
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| Related terms: | end dismiss dissolution | |
| 19. | [ verb ] laugh unrestrainedly | |
| Synonyms: | crack_up | |
| Related terms: | laugh | |
| Similar spelling: |
breakup brisk_up brick_up brace_up break_open break_apart brush_up break_off break_even break_bread |
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