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break up

— verb (= scatter) to cause to separate and go in different directions She waved her hand and scattered the crowds — verb (= separate, split up, split, break) 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 — verb come apart the group broke up — verb (= crash) break violently or noisily; smash — verb (= interrupt) make a break in We interrupt the program for the following messages — verb (= dissolve) cause to go into a solution The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water — verb (= disperse) cause to separate break up kidney stones disperse particles — verb (= fragment) break or cause to break into pieces The plate fragmented — verb laugh unrestrainedly — verb (= decompose) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts — verb (= dissolve) come to an end Their marriage dissolved The tobacco monopoly broke up — verb (= dissolve) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up The decree officially dissolved the marriage the judge dissolved the tobacco company — verb (= pick) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example Pick open the ice — verb (= calve) release ice The icebergs and glaciers calve — verb (= sever) set or keep apart sever a relationship — verb (= break) destroy the completeness of a set of related items The book dealer would not break the set — verb (= adjourn) close at the end of a session The court adjourned — verb (= crack up) suffer a nervous breakdown — verb (= take apart) take apart into its constituent pieces

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disperse break dissolve split up scatter split separate decompose crumble break down disintegrate cut off break off sever disband crack up bust break apart take apart smash shatter divide disrupt dismantle disassemble bust up resolve part interrupt fragment dissipate crack spread recess pick finish divorce dispel demolish crush crock up close break into pieces blow adjourn wreck terminate subgroup stop splinter