break up

verbs

to cause to separate and go in different directions

"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

break up, dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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"

break, break up, part, separate, split, split up

is derived from

breakup

is derived from

breakup

come apart

"the group broke up"

break up

is derived from

breakup

is a type of (narrower)

go one's own way; move apart

"The friends separated after the party"

part, separate, split

break violently or noisily; smash;

break apart, break up, crash

make a break in

"We interrupt the program for the following messages"

break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

cause to go into a solution

"The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

break up, dissolve, resolve

suffer a nervous breakdown

break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up

take apart into its constituent pieces

break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart

destroy the completeness of a set of related items

"The book dealer would not break the set"

break, break up

set or keep apart

"sever a relationship"

break up, sever

attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

"Pick open the ice"

break up, pick

release ice

"The icebergs and glaciers calve"

break up, calve

close at the end of a session

"The court adjourned"

adjourn, break up, recess

bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

"The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

break up, dissolve

come to an end

"Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"

break up, dissolve

break or cause to break into pieces

"The plate fragmented"

break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize

cause to separate

"break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

break up, disperse, scatter

separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

break down, break up, decompose

laugh unrestrainedly

break up, crack up