Definition of Break-up

Verb

  • laugh unrestrainedly
    - crack up
  • separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
    - break down
  • cause to separate
    "break up kidney stones"
    "disperse particles"
  • break or cause to break into pieces
    "The plate fragmented"
  • come to an end
    "Their marriage dissolved"
    "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
  • bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
    "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"
    "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
  • close at the end of a session
    "The court adjourned"
  • release ice
    "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
  • attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
    "Pick open the ice"
  • set or keep apart
    "sever a relationship"
  • destroy the completeness of a set of related items
    "The book dealer would not break the set"
  • take apart into its constituent pieces
    - take apart - break apart
  • suffer a nervous breakdown
    - crack up - crock up
  • cause to go into a solution
    "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
  • make a break in
    "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
    - cut off
  • break violently or noisily
    smash

    - break apart
  • come apart
    "the group broke up"
  • 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"
    - split up
  • to cause to separate and go in different directions
    "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
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Unscramble break_up

105 unscramble word found using the letters break_up.
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