Break Up (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Break

Hypernyms

• Change
• Modify

Meaning ²

Break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Fragmentize
• Fragmentise
• Fragment

Hypernyms

• Split Up
• Separate
• Fall Apart
• Come Apart

Hyponyms

• Crunch
• Bray
• Mash
• Comminute
• Sliver
• Atomise
• Grind

Meaning ³

Come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Dissolve

Hypernyms

• End

Meaning ⁴

Come apart; "the group broke up".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

• Split
• Part

Hyponyms

• Dissolve

Related Words

• Breakup (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Disrupt
• Interrupt
• Cut Off

Hypernyms

• Break
• Stop
• Break Off

Hyponyms

• Burst In On
• Break In
• Butt In
• Chime In
• Come In
• Put In
• Punctuate
• Interject
• Throw In
• Put Away
• Stop Over
• Cut
• Chisel In
• Pause
• Cut Off
• Inject
• Take Off
• Stop
• Intermit
• Heckle
• Put Aside
• Cut In
• Jam
• Take Time Off
• Break
• Block
• Barge In
• Burst Upon

Meaning ⁶

To cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

• Disperse
• Scatter
• Dispel
• Dissipate

Hypernyms

• Separate
• Divide

Hyponyms

• Disband

Meaning ⁷

Close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Adjourn
• Recess

Hypernyms

• Terminate
• Stop
• Cease
• End

Meaning ⁸

Laugh unrestrainedly.

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Crack Up

Hypernyms

• Express Joy
• Express Mirth

Meaning ⁹

Suffer a nervous breakdown.

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Crack
• Crock Up
• Crack Up
• Collapse

Hypernyms

• Suffer
• Sustain
• Have

Meaning ¹⁰

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".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Break
• Split
• Split Up
• Separate
• Part

Hyponyms

• Give The Gate
• Disassociate
• Break With
• Split Up
• Splinter
• Disunify
• Give The Bounce
• Divorce
• Dissociate
• Disunite
• Break
• Disjoint
• Secede
• Break Apart
• Give The Axe
• Break Away

Related Words

• Breakup (noun)

Meaning ¹¹

Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Resolve
• Dissolve

Hypernyms

• Change Integrity

Hyponyms

• Melt
• Cut
• Run

Meaning ¹²

Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Dissolve

Hypernyms

• End

Meaning ¹³

Take apart into its constituent pieces.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Synonyms

• Dismantle
• Break Apart
• Disassemble
• Take Apart

Hypernyms

• Destroy
• Destruct

Hyponyms

• Strike

Meaning ¹⁴

Cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Disperse
• Scatter

Meaning ¹⁵

Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Decompose
• Break Down

Hypernyms

• Separate

Hyponyms

• Crack
• Dissociate
• Digest

Meaning ¹⁶

Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Pick

Hypernyms

• Pierce

Meaning ¹⁷

Release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Calve

Hypernyms

• Separate
• Part

Meaning ¹⁸

Set or keep apart; "sever a relationship".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Sever

Hypernyms

• Separate
• Part
• Divide

Meaning ¹⁹

Break violently or noisily; smash.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Crash
• Break Apart

Hypernyms

• Disintegrate