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broke upverbpast tense of break up to 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 disbanded, dispersed, dissolved demobilized banded, joined, united incorporatedconsolidatedhung together to come to an endthe meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed broke off, ceased, closed, concluded, dead-ended, determined, died, discontinued, elapsed, ended, expired, finished, halted, lapsed, left off, let up, passed, quit(also quitted), stopped, terminated, went, winked (out), wound up(also winded up) desisted (from), laid off (of), refrained (from)gave over(British), knocked off, packed (up or in)broke down, conked (out), cut out, stalledpaused, stayed, suspendedabated, petered (out), wound down(also winded down) bit the dust continued, hung on, persisted drew out, extended, prolonged, protracted to set or force aparthe broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground decoupled, disassociated, disconnected, disjoined, disjointed, dissevered, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced, parted, ramified, resolved, separated, severed, split, sundered, uncoupled, unlinked, unyoked broke down, decomposed, disassembled, disintegrated, dissolvedbifurcated, bisected, cleaved(or cleft), dichotomized, dissected, fractionalized, fractionated, halved, partitioned, quartered, segmented, subdivided, trisectedfragmentated, fragmented, fragmentizedbroke, fractured, pulled, rent(also rended), rifted, ripped, rived, ruptured, torecut off, insulated, isolated, secluded, segregated, sequestereddetached, disengaged, disentangled, unraveled, untied joined, linked, unified, united assembled, associated, blended(also blent), combined, mingled, mixedconnected, coupledaccumulated, agglutinated, attached, bound, cemented, closed, fastened, fused, knit(or knitted), stuck, welded 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 broke down, cracked, flipped (out)(slang), freaked (out), melted down, wigged (out)(slang) choked blew one's cool, fell apart, lost it, went off the deep end, went to pieces to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate endpolice arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas broke, broke off, canned(slang), ceased, cut off, cut out, desisted (from), discontinued, dropped, ended, gave over, halted, knocked off, laid off, left off, packed (up or in), quit(also quitted), shut off, stopped completed, concluded, finishedclosed (down)deactivatedblockaded, blocked, dammed, delayed, detained, held, held back, hindered, impeded, kiboshed, obstructed, stemmedcalled, suspendedarrested, braked, checked, clamped down, reined (in), squashed, squelched, stamped, stanched(or staunched), stunted, suppressed, turned backpaused, stayed, suspendedabolished, aborted, annulled, demolished, destroyed, dissolved, killed, ruined, scuttled, snuffed had done with, put the kibosh on carried on, continued, followed through (with), kept up, ran onadvanced, proceeded, progressedactuated, drove, impelled, propelled, stirred to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forciblybreak up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad broke, busted(also bust), disintegrated, dismembered, disrupted, fractured, fragmented, rived atomized, crushed, ground, powdered, pulverized, reducedblasted, blew up, burst(also bursted), detonated, explodedcracked, popped, shattered, shivered, smashedchipped, slivered, splintered, splitimplodeddestroyed, ruined, wrecked doctored, fixed, healed, mended, patched, rebuilt, reconditioned, reconstructed, renovated, repaired 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 cackled, chortled, chuckled, cracked up, giggled, hee-hawed, laughed, roared, screamed, snickered, tittered, twittered grinned, smiled split one's sides bawled, blubbered, cried, sobbed, wepthowled, screamed, squalled, wailed, yowledbleated, puled, whimpered, whinedsniffled, sniveled(or snivelled)groaned, moaned, sighed |