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1Breakup — Break up , Break up Break up , n. Disruption; coming apart; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break up of a meeting, assembly, or dinner party; the break up of a spacecraft on re entry into the atmosphere. Syn: separation …
2breakup — index defeasance, division (act of dividing), subversion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3breakup — (n.) also break up, 1795, from verbal expression break up (mid 15c.), which was used originally of plowland, later of groups, assemblies, etc. Of things (also of marriages, relationships), to disintegrate, from mid 18c. From BREAK (Cf. break)… …
4breakup — [n] end of relationship breakdown, breaking, crackup*, disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, splitsville*, splitting, termination, wind up; concept 385 Ant. reconciliation …
5breakup — [brāk′up΄] n. the act or an instance of breaking up; specif., a) a dispersion b) a disintegration or decay c) a collapse d) a stopping or ending …
6breakup — break|up [ˈbreıkʌp] n [U and C] 1.) the act of ending a marriage or relationship ▪ the breakup of her marriage 2.) the separation of a group, organization, or country into smaller parts breakup of ▪ the breakup of the Soviet Union →break up at… …
7breakup — noun (C, U) 1 the act of ending a marriage or relationship: the consequences of marital breakup on children 2 the separation of a group, organization, or country into smaller parts, especially because it has become weaker or there are serious… …
8breakup — noun 1) the breakup of negotiations Syn: end, dissolution; breakdown, failure, collapse, disintegration 2) their breakup was very amicable Syn: separation, split, parting, divorce; estrangement …
9breakup — UK [ˈbreɪkʌp] / US [ˈbreɪkˌʌp] noun [countable] Word forms breakup : singular breakup plural breakups 1) the end of a serious relationship or marriage 2) the division of something such as an organization or country into smaller parts …
10breakup — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ family, marital, marriage, relationship ▪ bad, messy, painful VERB + BREAKUP ▪ …