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1 as in to disband to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful -
disband -
dissolve -
disperse -
demobilize -
join -
incorporate -
unite -
consolidate -
band -
hang together 2 as in to end to come to an end the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed -
end -
stop -
expire -
conclude -
halt -
cease -
break off -
leave off -
wind up -
pass -
finish -
go -
die -
close -
terminate -
lapse -
let up -
determine -
bite the dust -
stall -
elapse -
wink (out) -
discontinue -
break down -
quit -
cut out -
dead-end -
knock off -
stay -
give over -
lay off (of) -
pause -
wind down -
suspend -
refrain (from) -
pack (up or in) -
desist (from) -
conk (out) -
abate -
peter (out) -
hang on -
continue -
persist -
extend -
prolong -
draw out -
protract See More 3 as in to divide to set or force apart he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground -
divide -
separate -
split -
disconnect -
resolve -
part -
divorce -
sever -
ramify -
dissociate -
disassociate -
disjoin -
dissever -
break down -
pull -
isolate -
sunder -
disunite -
decouple -
detach -
disjoint -
unlink -
uncouple -
dissect -
decompose -
unyoke -
subdivide -
fragmentate -
fragment -
cut off -
dissolve -
partition -
cleave -
fragmentize -
disintegrate -
quarter -
segment -
disassemble -
rip -
halve -
tear -
fracture -
rupture -
fractionalize -
bifurcate -
fractionate -
break -
trisect -
bisect -
dichotomize -
rift -
rend -
unravel -
segregate -
rive -
insulate -
sequester -
disengage -
untie -
disentangle -
seclude -
join -
link -
unify -
combine -
mix -
associate -
unite -
blend -
couple -
connect -
assemble -
stick -
close -
bind -
attach -
accumulate -
mingle -
fuse -
knit -
fasten -
cement -
weld -
agglutinate See More 4 as in to fall apart to yield to mental or emotional stress the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp -
fall apart -
melt down -
crack -
lose it -
break down -
choke -
wig (out) -
flip (out) -
freak (out) -
blow one's cool -
go to pieces -
go off the deep end 5 as in to stop to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas -
stop -
end -
halt -
cease -
shut off -
break off -
cut off -
lay off -
leave off -
quit -
cut out -
delay -
drop -
break -
suspend -
give over -
knock off -
discontinue -
can -
suspend -
conclude -
pack (up or in) -
finish -
have done with -
hold back -
desist (from) -
put the kibosh on -
complete -
call -
turn back -
close (down) -
block -
pause -
stay -
clamp down -
check -
ruin -
hold -
deactivate -
stem -
hinder -
dam -
brake -
blockade -
suppress -
arrest -
abort -
impede -
squash -
rein (in) -
destroy -
detain -
obstruct -
stamp -
dissolve -
squelch -
stunt -
kill -
abolish -
scuttle -
staunch -
snuff -
demolish -
annul -
stanch -
kibosh -
continue -
keep up -
run on -
follow through (with) -
proceed -
carry on -
progress -
advance -
stir -
drive -
propel -
actuate -
impel See More 6 as in to break to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad -
break -
disrupt -
fracture -
fragment -
reduce -
destroy -
disintegrate -
split -
ruin -
blow up -
bust -
shatter -
rive -
smash -
blast -
burst -
crack -
pop -
crush -
powder -
dismember -
wreck -
grind -
explode -
chip -
splinter -
shiver -
sliver -
pulverize -
detonate -
atomize -
implode -
fix -
patch -
repair -
rebuild -
heal -
reconstruct -
mend -
renovate -
doctor -
recondition See More 7 as in to laugh to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke -
laugh -
giggle -
chuckle -
scream -
grin -
crack up -
split one's sides -
smile -
titter -
chortle -
snicker -
cackle -
hee-haw -
roar -
twitter -
cry -
weep -
bawl -
sob -
howl -
wail -
blubber -
squall -
whine -
sigh -
sniffle -
moan -
groan -
whimper -
yowl -
bleat -
pule -
snivel See More as in split the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War -
split -
dissolution -
partition -
separation -
division -
schism -
divorce -
fractionation -
cleavage -
dispersion -
bifurcation -
fractionalization -
dispersal -
sundering -
decomposition -
disunion -
scission -
rupture -
polarization -
distribution -
severance -
subdivision -
dismemberment -
disassembly -
segregation -
isolation -
breach -
atomization -
diffusion -
scattering -
administration -
segmentation -
apportionment -
sequestration -
seclusion -
dichotomization -
union -
unification -
association -
connection -
consolidation -
assemblage -
attachment -
combination -
linkage -
conjunction -
fusion -
aggregation -
link -
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