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break up - definition and meaning
Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To break or separate into pieces; to
disintegrate or come apart. - verb intransitive, idiomatic To end a
relationship . - verb intransitive, idiomatic To
dissolve ; topart . - verb intransitive, idiomatic Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- verb intransitive, idiomatic Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
- verb transitive To break or separate into pieces.
- verb transitive, idiomatic To
stop afight ; to separate people who are fighting.
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Words with the same meaning
- ablate
- accommodate
- adapt
- adjust
- alter
- ameliorate
- amuse
- analyze
- anatomize
- assay
- atomize
- be in stitches
- beguile
- better
- bite the dust
- break
- break down
- break into pieces
- break open
- break to pieces
- burst
- burst into laughter
- burst out
- burst out laughing
- burst with laughter
- bust a gut
- cachinnate
- cackle
- canker
- change
- chortle
- chuckle
- come apart
- come to dust
- come unstuck
- consume
- convert
- convulse
- corrode
- corrupt
- crack
- crack up
- crash
- crow
- crumble
- crumble into dust
- crumble to dust
- crunch
- crush
- cut to pieces
- deactivate
- debrief
- decay
- decompose
- deform
- delight
- demob
- demobilize
- demolish
- denature
- detach
- differ
- differentiate
- diffuse
- disband
- discharge
- disintegrate
- disjoin
- disjoint
- dismiss
- disorganize
- dispel
- disperse
- disrupt
- dissect
- dissent
- dissever
- dissolve
- disunify
- disunite
- divaricate
- diverge
- diversify
- divert
- divide
- effloresce
- enliven
- entertain
- erode
- exhilarate
- fall
- fall into decay
- fall to dust
- fall to pieces
- fester
- fission
- fissure
- fit
- fracture
- fracture one
- fragment
- gangrene
- giggle
- give away
- give way
- go bad
- go into convulsions
- go separate ways
- go to pieces
- grain
- granulate
- grind
- guffaw
- ha-ha
- hee-haw
- hee-hee
- ho-ho
- horselaugh
- improve
- kill
- knock dead
- laugh
- laugh it up
- laugh outright
- let go
- loosen up
- make mincemeat of
- meliorate
- mildew
- mince
- mitigate
- modify
- modulate
- mold
- molder
- mortify
- muster out
- mutate
- nearly die laughing
- necrose
- overthrow
- part
- part company
- powder
- pulverize
- putrefy
- putresce
- qualify
- raise a laugh
- raise a smile
- rankle
- re-create
- realign
- rebuild
- reconstruct
- recreate
- redesign
- reduce
- reduce to elements
- refit
- reform
- refresh
- regale
- relax
- release
- relieve
- remake
- renew
- reshape
- resolve
- restructure
- revamp
- revive
- ring the changes
- roar
- roar with laughter
- rot
- rupture
- scatter
- segment
- separate
- shake like jelly
- shake with laughter
- shatter
- shift the scene
- shiver
- shout
- shriek
- shuffle the cards
- slay
- smash
- smash up
- snap
- snicker
- snigger
- snort
- solace
- sphacelate
- splinter
- split
- split up
- split with laughter
- spoil
- spring a leak
- squash
- squish
- start
- subdivide
- subvert
- sunder
- suppurate
- tee-hee
- tickle
- titillate
- titter
- topple
- tumble
- turn the scale
- turn the tables
- turn the tide
- turn upside down
- variate
- variegate
- vary
- waste away
- wear away
- work a change
- worsen
- wow
- yuk-yuk
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