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break up > 19 senses
VERB	1	break up, disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter	To cause to separate and go in different directions
	2	break up, separate, part, split up, split, break	Discontinue an association or relation
	3	break up	Come apart
	4	break up, crash, break apart	Break violently or noisily
	5	break up, interrupt, disrupt, cut off	Make a break in
	6	break up, dissolve, resolve	Cause to go into a solution
	7	break up, crack up, crack, crock up, collapse	Suffer a nervous breakdown
	8	break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break apart	Take apart into its constituent pieces
	9	break up, break	Destroy the completeness of a set of related items
	10	break up, sever	Set or keep apart
	11	break up, pick	Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
	12	break up, calve	Release ice
	13	break up, adjourn, recess	Close at the end of a session
	14	break up, dissolve	Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
	15	break up, dissolve	Come to an end
	16	break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise	Break or cause to break into pieces
	17	break up, disperse, scatter	Cause to separate
	18	break up, decompose, break down	Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
	19	break up, crack up	Laugh unrestrainedly

break up > verb 1, motion
Meaning	To cause to separate and go in different directions.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter
Broader	separate, divide
Narrower	disband

break up > verb 2, social
Meaning	Discontinue an association or relation. Go different ways.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	separate, part, split up, split, break
Narrower	give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate; disunify, break apart; disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint; break with; divorce, split up; secede, splinter, break away; break, break away
Nouns	breakup; breakup

break up > verb 3, motion
Meaning	Come apart.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Broader	separate, part, split
Narrower	disband, dissolve
Nouns	breakup

break up > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Break violently or noisily. Smash;.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Synonyms	crash, break apart
Similar to	crash
Caused by	crash
Broader	disintegrate
See also	break

break up > verb 5, communication
Meaning	Make a break in.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	interrupt, disrupt, cut off
Broader	break, break off, discontinue, stop
Narrower	cut, cut off; punctuate; break; put away, put aside; pause, intermit, break; chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in; burst in on, burst upon; heckle; interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject; jam, block; stop, stop over; take off, take time off

break up > verb 6, change
Meaning	Cause to go into a solution.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	dissolve, resolve
Cause to	dissolve
Broader	change integrity
Narrower	melt, run, melt down; cut

break up > verb 7, emotion
Meaning	Suffer a nervous breakdown.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	crack up, crack, crock up, collapse
Broader	suffer, sustain, have, get

break up > verb 8, creation
Meaning	Take apart into its constituent pieces.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break apart
Contrary	assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
Broader	destroy, destruct
See also	break
Entailed by	cannibalize, cannibalise

break up > verb 9, contact
Meaning	Destroy the completeness of a set of related items.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	break
Similar to	break
Broader	change, alter, modify

break up > verb 10, contact
Meaning	Set or keep apart.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	sever
Similar to	discerp, sever, lop
Broader	separate, disunite, divide, part
See also	break

break up > verb 11, contact
Meaning	Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	pick
Broader	pierce
Entails	chop, hack

break up > verb 12, contact
Meaning	Release ice.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	calve
Broader	separate, divide, part

break up > verb 13, change
Meaning	Close at the end of a session.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	adjourn, recess
Broader	end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

break up > verb 14, change
Meaning	Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	dissolve
Similar to	dissolve, dismiss
Broader	end, terminate

break up > verb 15, change
Meaning	Come to an end.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	dissolve
Broader	end, terminate

break up > verb 16, change
Meaning	Break or cause to break into pieces.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody of something
Synonyms	fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
Broader	break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
Narrower	atomize, atomise; grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute; pound; sunder; splinter, sliver; rag; crumb; brecciate; crush; grate, grind

break up > verb 17, change
Meaning	Cause to separate.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"break up kidney stones"
Synonyms	disperse, scatter
Broader	change integrity
Narrower	backscatter

break up > verb 18, change
Meaning	Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	decompose, break down
Category	chemistry, chemical science
Broader	separate
See also	break
Narrower	digest; dissociate; crack

break up > verb 19, body
Meaning	Laugh unrestrainedly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	crack up
Broader	laugh, express joy, express mirth

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