break up

1. is a type of: divide, separate - make a division or separation
   subtypes: disband - cause to break up or cease to function
   same as: dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter
2. subtypes:

   • give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate - terminate a relationship abruptly
   • break apart, disunify - break up or separate
   • disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with
   • break with - end a relationship
   • divorce, split up - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
   • break away, secede, splinter - withdraw from an organization or communion
   • break, break away - interrupt a continued activity
   same as: break, part, separate, split, split up
3. is a type of: part, separate, split - go one's own way; move apart
   subtypes: disband, dissolve - stop functioning or cohering as a unit
4. is a type of: disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
   same as: break apart, crash
   verb group: crash - cause to crash
5. is a type of: break, break off, discontinue, stop - prevent completion
   subtypes:

   • cut, cut off - cease, stop
   • punctuate - interrupt periodically
   • break - interrupt the flow of current in
   • put aside, put away - turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
   • break, intermit, pause - cease an action temporarily
   • barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in - break into a conversation
   • burst in on, burst upon - spring suddenly
   • heckle - challenge aggressively
   • come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in - to insert between other elements
   • block, jam - interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
   • stop, stop over - interrupt a trip
   • take off, take time off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily
   same as: cut off, disrupt, interrupt
6. causes: dissolve - pass into a solution
   is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
   subtypes:

   • melt, melt down, run - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
   • cut - dissolve by breaking down the fat of
   same as: dissolve, resolve
7. is a type of: get, have, suffer, sustain - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
   same as: collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
8. is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
   subtypes: strike - disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
   same as: break apart, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
9. is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   same as: break
   verb group: break - exchange for smaller units of money
10. is a type of: disunite, divide, part, separate - force, take, or pull apart
    same as: sever
    verb group: discerp, lop, sever - cut off from a whole
11. entail: chop, hack - cut with a hacking tool
    is a type of: pierce - cut or make a way through
    same as: pick
12. is a type of: divide, part, separate - come apart
    same as: calve
13. is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
    same as: adjourn, recess
14. is a type of: end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
    same as: dissolve
    verb group: dismiss, dissolve - declare void
15. is a type of: end, terminate - bring to an end or halt
    same as: dissolve
16. is a type of: break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up - become separated into pieces or fragments
    subtypes:

    • atomise, atomize - break up into small particles
    • bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
    • pound - break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
    • sunder - break apart or in two, using violence
    • sliver, splinter - break up into splinters or slivers
    • rag - break into lumps before sorting
    • crumb - break into crumbs
    • brecciate - break into breccia
    • crush - break into small pieces
    • grate, grind - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
    same as: fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
17. is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
    subtypes: backscatter - scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
    same as: disperse, scatter
18. referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: separate - divide into components or constituents
    subtypes:

    • digest - soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
    • dissociate - to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms
    • crack - reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
    same as: break down, decompose
19. is a type of: express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter
    same as: crack up

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