break up : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: break up	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
break up v to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" Synonym(s): disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter 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" Synonym(s): separate, part, split up, split, break, break up come apart; "the group broke up" break violently or noisily; smash; Synonym(s): crash, break up, break apart make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" Synonym(s): interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Synonym(s): dissolve, resolve, break up suffer a nervous breakdown Synonym(s): crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse take apart into its constituent pieces Synonym(s): disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart Antonym(s): assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" Synonym(s): break, break up set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" Synonym(s): sever, break up attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" Synonym(s): pick, break up release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" Synonym(s): calve, break up close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" Synonym(s): adjourn, recess, 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" Synonym(s): dissolve, break up come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" Synonym(s): dissolve, break up break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" Synonym(s): break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" Synonym(s): break up, disperse, scatter separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts Synonym(s): decompose, break up, break down laugh unrestrainedly Synonym(s): break up, crack up