Breakup

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  • noun. The act or an instance of breaking up, as a division, dispersal, or disintegration.
  • noun. The discontinuance of a relationship, as a marriage or a friendship.
  • noun. The cracking and shifting of ice in rivers or harbors during the spring.
  • noun. A loss of control or composure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A disruption; a dissolution of connection; a separation of a mass into parts; a disintegration; a disbandment.
  • Pertaining to or in celebration of the breaking up or termination of any society, association, meeting, or the like: as, a break-up party or ceremony.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Disruption; coming apart; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members.
  • noun. the termination of a relationship; a break-up of the government; the break-up of a marriage; the break-up of a business partnership; the break-up of a comedy team.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division
  • noun. The termination of a romantic or sexual relationship
  • noun. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. laugh unrestrainedly
  • verb. cause to go into a solution
  • verb. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
  • verb. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
  • verb. suffer a nervous breakdown
  • verb. release ice
  • verb. set or keep apart
  • verb. make a break in
  • verb. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
  • verb. take apart into its constituent pieces
  • verb. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  • verb. break or cause to break into pieces
  • verb. close at the end of a session
  • verb. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  • verb. come apart
  • verb. come to an end
  • verb. break violently or noisily; smash
  • verb. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
  • verb. cause to separate
  • noun. coming apart
  • noun. the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
  • Word Usage
    "He has a song called "Flirted With You All My Life," which he described as his breakup song with death, the song about flirting with death and then deciding death, I'm not ready."
    Equivalent
    break-up  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  cease  change  destroy  destruct  
    Hyponym
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    makeup  shakeup  wakeup  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
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