break up

(noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations). Synonyms: dissolution, breakup.

(noun) coming apart. Synonyms: separation, breakup, detachment.

(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions. Synonyms: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter. Example: "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds."

(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. Synonyms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up. Examples: "The business partners broke over a tax question." "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage." "My friend and i split up."

(verb) come apart. Synonyms: break up. Example: "The group broke up."

(verb) break violently or noisily; smash;. Synonyms: crash, break up, break apart.

(verb) make a break in. Synonyms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off. Example: "We interrupt the program for the following messages."

(verb) cause to go into a solution. Synonyms: dissolve, resolve, break up. Example: "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water."

(verb) suffer a nervous breakdown. Synonyms: crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse.

(verb) take apart into its constituent pieces. Synonyms: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart.

(verb) destroy the completeness of a set of related items. Synonyms: break, break up. Example: "The book dealer would not break the set."

(verb) set or keep apart. Synonyms: sever, break up. Example: "Sever a relationship."

(verb) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example. Synonyms: pick, break up. Example: "Pick open the ice."

(verb) release ice. Synonyms: calve, break up. Example: "The icebergs and glaciers calve."

(verb) close at the end of a session. Synonyms: adjourn, recess, break up. Example: "The court adjourned."

(verb) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up. Synonyms: dissolve, break up. Examples: "The decree officially dissolved the marriage." "The judge dissolved the tobacco company."

(verb) come to an end. Synonyms: dissolve, break up. Examples: "Their marriage dissolved." "The tobacco monopoly broke up."

(verb) break or cause to break into pieces. Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise. Example: "The plate fragmented."

(verb) cause to separate. Synonyms: break up, disperse, scatter. Examples: "Break up kidney stones." "Disperse particles."

(verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts. Synonyms: decompose, break up, break down.

(verb) laugh unrestrainedly. Synonyms: break up, crack up.