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break up
Overview of noun break-up
The noun breakup has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) dissolution, breakup -- (the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations))
2. (1) separation, breakup, detachment -- (coming apart)
Overview of verb break-up
The verb break up has 19 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (5) disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter -- (to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds")
2. (3) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (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")
3. (2) break up -- (come apart; "the group broke up")
4. (1) crash, break up, break apart -- (break violently or noisily; smash;)
5. (1) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")
6. (1) dissolve, resolve, break up -- (cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water")
7. crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse -- (suffer a nervous breakdown)
8. disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart -- (take apart into its constituent pieces)
9. break, break up -- (destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set")
10. sever, break up -- (set or keep apart; "sever a relationship")
11. pick, break up -- (attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice")
12. calve, break up -- (release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve")
13. adjourn, recess, break up -- (close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned")
14. dissolve, break up -- (bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company")
15. dissolve, break up -- (come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up")
16. break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise -- (break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented")
17. break up, disperse, scatter -- (cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles")
18. decompose, break up, break down -- (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
19. break up, crack up -- (laugh unrestrainedly)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun break-up
2 senses of breakup
Sense 1
dissolution, breakup
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
separation, breakup, detachment
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun break-up
2 senses of breakup
Sense 1
dissolution, breakup
=> splitsville
=> annulment, invalidation
Sense 2
separation, breakup, detachment
=> rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
=> break
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun break-up
2 senses of breakup
Sense 1
dissolution, breakup
=> termination, ending, conclusion
Sense 2
separation, breakup, detachment
=> change, alteration, modification
Antonyms of noun break-up
Member Holonyms of noun break-up
Substance Holonyms of noun break-up
Part Holonyms of noun break-up
Member Meronyms of noun break-up
Substance Meronyms of noun break-up
Part Meronyms of noun break-up
Meronyms of noun break-up
Holonyms of noun break-up
Attributes of noun break-up
Derived Forms of noun break-up
2 senses of breakup
Sense 1
dissolution, breakup
RELATED TO>(verb) break up#2
=> separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
Sense 2
separation, breakup, detachment
RELATED TO>(verb) break up#2
=> separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
RELATED TO>(verb) break up#3
=> break up
Domain of noun break-up
Domain Terms of noun break-up
Familiarity of noun break-up
breakup used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun break-up
2 senses of breakup
Sense 1
dissolution, breakup
> termination, ending, conclusion
=> abort
=> demonetization, demonetisation
=> release, tone ending
=> completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
=> retirement
=> relinquishment, relinquishing
=> dissolution, breakup
=> overthrow
=> adjournment, dissolution
=> dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
=> destruction, devastation
=> killing, kill, putting to death
=> abolition, abolishment
=> liquidation, settlement
=> withdrawal, drug withdrawal
=> closure, closedown, closing, shutdown
=> extinction, extinguishing, quenching
=> fade, disappearance
=> abortion
=> deactivation, defusing
=> discontinuance, discontinuation
Sense 2
separation, breakup, detachment
> change, alteration, modification
=> acceleration
=> deceleration, slowing, retardation
=> avulsion
=> break
=> mutation
=> sublimation
=> surprise
=> birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
=> separation, breakup, detachment
=> vagary
=> variation, fluctuation
=> conversion
=> death, decease, expiry
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> destabilization
=> increase
=> easing, moderation, relief
=> deformation
=> transition
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
=> shimmer, play
=> transmutation
=> damage, harm, impairment
=> development
=> revolution
=> mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
=> sex change
=> loss of consciousness
Meronyms of noun break-up
2 senses of breakup
Holonyms of noun break-up
Antonyms of verb break-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break-up
19 senses of break up
Sense 1
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> separate, divide
Sense 2
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
Sense 3
break up
=> separate, part, split
=> move
Sense 4
crash, break up, break apart
=> disintegrate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 5
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 7
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Sense 8
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> destroy, destruct
=> unmake, undo
Sense 9
break, break up
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 10
sever, break up
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 11
pick, break up
=> pierce
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 12
calve, break up
=> separate, divide, part
=> change
Sense 13
adjourn, recess, break up
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sense 14
dissolve, break up
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 15
dissolve, break up
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 16
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 17
break up, disperse, scatter
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 19
break up, crack up
=> laugh, express joy, express mirth
=> express emotion, express feelings
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break-up
8 of 19 senses of break up
Sense 1
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> disband
Sense 2
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
=> 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
Sense 3
break up
=> disband, dissolve
Sense 5
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> 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
Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
=> melt, run, melt down
=> cut
Sense 16
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> atomize, atomise
=> grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
=> pound
=> sunder
=> splinter, sliver
=> rag
=> crumb
=> brecciate
=> crush
=> grate, grind
Sense 17
break up, disperse, scatter
=> backscatter
Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
=> digest
=> dissociate
=> crack
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break-up
19 senses of break up
Sense 1
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> separate, divide
Sense 2
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
Sense 3
break up
=> separate, part, split
Sense 4
crash, break up, break apart
=> disintegrate
Sense 5
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
=> change integrity
Sense 7
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
Sense 8
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> destroy, destruct
Sense 9
break, break up
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 10
sever, break up
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
Sense 11
pick, break up
=> pierce
Sense 12
calve, break up
=> separate, divide, part
Sense 13
adjourn, recess, break up
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sense 14
dissolve, break up
=> end, terminate
Sense 15
dissolve, break up
=> end, terminate
Sense 16
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
Sense 17
break up, disperse, scatter
=> change integrity
Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
Sense 19
break up, crack up
=> laugh, express joy, express mirth
'Cause To' of verb break-up
1 of 19 senses of break up
Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
=> dissolve
Derived Forms of verb break-up
2 of 19 senses of break up
Sense 2
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
RELATED TO>(noun) breakup#1
=> dissolution, breakup
RELATED TO>(noun) breakup#2
=> separation, breakup, detachment
Sense 3
break up
RELATED TO>(noun) breakup#2
=> separation, breakup, detachment
Domain of verb break-up
1 of 19 senses of break up
Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Domain Terms of verb break-up
Familiarity of verb break-up
break up used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count =19)
Sample Sentences of verb break-up
19 senses of break up
Sense 1
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
break up
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 4
crash, break up, break apart
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 5
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 8
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
break, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
sever, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
pick, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
calve, break up
*> Something ----s
Sense 13
adjourn, recess, break up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
dissolve, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 15
dissolve, break up
*> Something ----s
Sense 16
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
*> Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sense 17
break up, disperse, scatter
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 19
break up, crack up
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb break-up
18 of 19 senses of break up
Sense 1
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
> separate, divide
=> partition, zone
=> break
=> disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> rail, rail off
=> detach
=> shut off, close off
Sense 3
break up
> separate, part, split
=> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
=> break up
=> diffract
Sense 4
crash, break up, break apart
> disintegrate
=> powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise
=> powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise
=> run, unravel
=> crumble, fall apart
=> digest
=> dissolve
=> crash, break up, break apart
Sense 5
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> fracture
=> bog down, bog
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 7
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
> suffer, sustain, have, get
=> break down, collapse
=> crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
Sense 8
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
> destroy, destruct
=> kill
=> eliminate, get rid of, do away with
=> self-destruct, self-destroy
=> destruct
=> end
=> fracture
=> wipe out, sweep away
=> interdict
=> demolish, pulverize, pulverise
=> disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
=> uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
=> dilapidate
=> demyelinate
Sense 9
break, break up
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 10
sever, break up
> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up
=> polarize, polarise
=> sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> disjoint, disarticulate
=> disconnect
=> cut
=> tear
=> joint
=> gin
=> break
=> sever, break up
=> tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sense 11
pick, break up
> pierce
=> pick, break up
Sense 12
calve, break up
> separate, divide, part
=> subdivide
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off, come away
=> segregate
=> segment
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> partition, partition off
=> dismember, take apart, discerp
=> gerrymander
Sense 13
adjourn, recess, break up
> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
=> pass away
=> lapse
=> cut out
=> go out
=> adjourn, recess, break up
=> vanish, disappear
=> culminate, climax
=> run out
=> run low, run short, go
=> vanish, disappear, go away
=> conclude, close
=> turn out, come out
=> discontinue
=> break
Sense 14
dissolve, break up
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 15
dissolve, break up
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 16
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> burst, split, break open
=> puncture
=> burst, bust
=> smash
=> ladder, run
=> snap, crack
=> break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> crush
Sense 17
break up, disperse, scatter
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 19
break up, crack up
> laugh, express joy, express mirth
=> bray
=> bellylaugh
=> roar, howl
=> snicker, snigger
=> giggle, titter
=> break up, crack up
=> cackle
=> guffaw, laugh loudly
=> chuckle, chortle, laugh softly
=> convulse
=> cachinnate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb break-up
Sense 1
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> separate, divide
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Sense 2
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
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Sense 3
break up
=> separate, part, split
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Sense 4
crash, break up, break apart
=> disintegrate
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Sense 5
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
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Sense 6
dissolve, resolve, break up
=> change integrity
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Sense 7
crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
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Sense 8
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
=> destroy, destruct
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Sense 9
break, break up
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 10
sever, break up
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
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Sense 11
pick, break up
=> pierce
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Sense 12
calve, break up
=> separate, divide, part
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Sense 13
adjourn, recess, break up
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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Sense 14
dissolve, break up
=> end, terminate
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Sense 15
dissolve, break up
=> end, terminate
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Sense 16
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
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Sense 17
break up, disperse, scatter
=> change integrity
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Sense 18
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
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Sense 19
break up, crack up
=> laugh, expres |
