Break-up Definition

verb

(intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.

It broke up when it hit the ground.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To end a relationship.

She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.

The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?
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noun

Alternative spelling of breakup.

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Other Word Forms of Break-up

Noun

Singular:
break-up
Plural:
break-ups

Break-up Sentence Examples

  • Alien domination alone has been able to correct the tendency of this long strip of land to break up into hostile belts.

  • After the spawning the schools break up into smaller companies which are much scattered, and offer for two or three months employment to the hand-line fishermen.

  • A narrow deep furrow is usually run immediately in advance of the planter, to break up the soil under the seed.

  • Apparently with this purpose in view, Prince Frederick Charles was instructed to break up his army corps into their constituent divisions, and move each division as a separate column on its own road, the reserve of cavalry and artillery following in rear of the centre.

  • The break-up of the Liberal party filled him with gloom.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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Words Starting With B and Ending With P

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With B8 Letter Words Ending With P