How to pronounce "break up"

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Meanings and definitions of "break up"

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to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

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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"

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come apart; "the group broke up"

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break violently or noisily; smash

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make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

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cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

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suffer a nervous breakdown

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take apart into its constituent pieces

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destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"

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set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

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attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"

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release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

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close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

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bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

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come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"

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break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

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cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

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separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

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laugh unrestrainedly

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