break up

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verb

1. to cause to separate and go in different directions (Freq. 5)
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
• Syn:
disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter
• Derivationally related forms:
scatter (for: scatter), scattering (for: scatter), dissipation (for: dissipate), dispersion (for: disperse)
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide
• Hyponyms:
disband
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. discontinue an association or relation;
go different ways (Freq. 3)
- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
• Syn:
separate, part, split up, split, break
• Derivationally related forms:
breakup, break (for: break), split (for: split), separatist (for: separate), separation (for: separate)
• Hyponyms:
give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate, disunify, break apart,
disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint, break with,
split up, secede, splinter, break away, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. come apart (Freq. 2)
- the group broke up
• Derivationally related forms:
breakup
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split
• Hyponyms:
disband, dissolve
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
4. break violently or noisily;
smash (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
crash, break apart
• Hypernyms:
disintegrate
• Verb Group:
crash
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
5. make a break in (Freq. 1)
- We interrupt the program for the following messages
• Syn:
interrupt, disrupt, cut off
• Derivationally related forms:
disruption (for: disrupt), interruption (for: interrupt), interrupter (for: interrupt)
• Hypernyms:
break, break off, discontinue, stop
• Hyponyms:
cut, cut off, punctuate, break, put away,
put aside, pause, intermit, chime in, cut in, put in,
butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in, burst in on, burst upon,
heckle, interject, come in, interpose, throw in, inject,
jam, block, stop, stop over, take off, take time off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
6. cause to go into a solution (Freq. 1)
- The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
• Syn:
dissolve, resolve
• Derivationally related forms:
resolvent (for: resolve), dissolution (for: dissolve), dissolvent (for: dissolve), dissolver (for: dissolve), dissolving (for: dissolve)
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
melt, run, melt down, cut
• Cause:
dissolve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. suffer a nervous breakdown
• Syn:
crack up, crack, crock up, collapse
• Derivationally related forms:
collapse (for: collapse), crack-up (for: crack up)
• Hypernyms:
suffer, sustain, have, get
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
8. set or keep apart
- sever a relationship
• Syn:
sever
• Derivationally related forms:
severance (for: sever)
• Hypernyms:
separate, disunite, divide, part
• Verb Group:
discerp, sever, lop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
9. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- Pick open the ice
• Syn:
pick
• Derivationally related forms:
pick (for: pick)
• Hypernyms:
pierce
• Entailment:
chop, hack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
10. release ice
- The icebergs and glaciers calve
• Syn:
calve
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
11. close at the end of a session
- The court adjourned
• Syn:
adjourn, recess
• Derivationally related forms:
recess (for: recess), adjournment (for: adjourn)
• Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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
• Syn:
dissolve
• Derivationally related forms:
dissolution (for: dissolve)
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Verb Group:
dissolve, dismiss
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
13. come to an end
- Their marriage dissolved
- The tobacco monopoly broke up
• Syn:
dissolve
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
14. break or cause to break into pieces
- The plate fragmented
• Syn:
fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Derivationally related forms:
fragment (for: fragmentize), fragment (for: fragment), fragmentation (for: fragment)
• Hypernyms:
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
• Hyponyms:
atomize, atomise, grind, mash, crunch,
bray, comminute, pound, sunder, splinter, sliver,
rag, crumb, brecciate, crush, grate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
15. cause to separate
- break up kidney stones
- disperse particles
• Syn:
disperse, scatter
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
backscatter
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
16. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
• Syn:
decompose, break down
• Derivationally related forms:
decomposition (for: decompose)
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
separate
• Hyponyms:
digest, dissociate, crack
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
17. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- The book dealer would not break the set
• Syn:
break
• Derivationally related forms:
breakable (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Group:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
18. take apart into its constituent pieces
• Syn:
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break apart
• Ant:
assemble (for: disassemble)
• Derivationally related forms:
dismantlement (for: dismantle), dismantling (for: dismantle)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
19. laugh unrestrainedly
• Syn:
crack up
• Hypernyms:
laugh, express joy, express mirth
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s