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breakupnoun the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or piecesthe breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War bifurcation, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, separation, split, sundering breach, rupturedivorce, severancedecomposition, disassembly, dismemberment, segmentation, subdivisionatomization, dichotomization, polarizationdiffusion, dispersal, dispersion, scatteringadministration, apportionment, distributionisolation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration unification, union assemblage, associationattachment, conjunction, connection, link, linkage, linkupaggregation, combination, consolidation, fusion break upverbto cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organizationthe band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful disband, disperse, dissolve demobilize band, join, unite incorporateconsolidatehang together to come to an endthe meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed break off, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract to set or force aparthe broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, part, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolvebifurcate, bisect, cleave, dichotomize, dissect, fractionalize, fractionate, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisectfragment, fragmentate, fragmentizebreak, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tearcut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequesterdetach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie join, link, unify, unite assemble, associate, blend, combine, mingle, mixconnect, coupleaccumulate, agglutinate, attach, bind, cement, close, fasten, fuse, knit, stick, weld to yield to mental or emotional stressthe sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp break down, crack, flip (out)(slang), freak (out), melt down, wig (out)(slang) choke blow one's cool, fall apart, go off the deep end, go to pieces, lose it to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endpolice arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas break, break off, can(slang), cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, lay off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop complete, conclude, finishclose (down)deactivateblock, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stemcall, suspendarrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn backpause, stay, suspendabolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff have done with, put the kibosh on carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run onadvance, proceed, progressactuate, drive, impel, propel, stir to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forciblybreak up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad break, bust, disintegrate, dismember, disrupt, fracture, fragment, rive atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduceblast, blow up, burst, detonate, explodecrack, pop, shatter, shiver, smashchip, sliver, splinter, splitimplodedestroy, ruin, wreck doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair to show mirth with an explosive vocal soundif you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke cackle, chortle, chuckle, crack up, giggle, hee-haw, laugh, roar, scream, snicker, titter, twitter grin, smile split one's sides bawl, blubber, cry, sob, weephowl, squall, wail, yowlbleat, pule, whimper, whinesniffle, snivelgroan, moan, sigh in the 15th century |