break up

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Synonyms: breakup, breaks up, break-up, beat up, breakout, brick up, break in, speak up, break out, bear up, dream up

Antonyms: breakup, breaks up, break-up, beat up, breakout, brick up, break in, speak up, break out, bear up, dream up

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[break]] or [[separate]] into [[piece]]s.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To break or separate into pieces; to [[disintegrate]] or [[come apart]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[upset]] greatly; to cause great [[emotional]] disturbance or unhappiness in.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|idiomatic}} To end a (usually romantic or sexual) [[relationship]].
5. {{lb|en|reciprocal|intransitive}} To end a (usually romantic or sexual) [[relationship]] with each other.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|idiomatic}} To [[dissolve]]; to [[part]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|idiomatic}} Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|telecommunications}} Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
9. {{lb|en|transitive|idiomatic}} To [[stop]] a [[fight]]; to separate people who are fighting.
10. {{lb|en|intransitive|idiomatic|figuratively}} To become [[disorganised]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
12. {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|idiomatic|slang}} To be or cause to be overcome with [[laughter]].

Noun

1. {{alt form|en|breakup}}.

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