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break up
verb
1. to cause to separate and go in different directions (Freq. 5)
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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:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

2. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways (Freq. 3)
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The business partners broke over a tax question

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The couple separated after 25 years of marriage

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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:
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Somebody ——s

3. come apart (Freq. 2)
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the group broke up

Derivationally related forms: ↑breakup
Hypernyms: ↑separate, ↑part, ↑split
Hyponyms: ↑disband, ↑dissolve
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

4. break violently or noisily; smash (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑crash, ↑break apart
Hypernyms: ↑disintegrate
Verb Group: ↑crash
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

5. make a break in (Freq. 1)
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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:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

6. cause to go into a solution (Freq. 1)
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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:
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Somebody ——s something

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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:
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Somebody ——s

8. set or keep apart
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sever a relationship

Syn: ↑sever
Derivationally related forms: ↑severance (for: ↑sever)
Hypernyms: ↑separate, ↑disunite, ↑divide, ↑part
Verb Group: ↑discerp, ↑sever, ↑lop
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

9. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
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Pick open the ice

Syn: ↑pick
Derivationally related forms: ↑pick (for: ↑pick)
Hypernyms: ↑pierce
Entailment: ↑chop, ↑hack
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

10. release ice
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The icebergs and glaciers calve

Syn: ↑calve
Hypernyms: ↑separate, ↑divide, ↑part
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

11. close at the end of a session
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The court adjourned

Syn: ↑adjourn, ↑recess
Derivationally related forms: ↑recess (for: ↑recess), ↑adjournment (for: ↑adjourn)
Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

12. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
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The decree officially dissolved the marriage

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the judge dissolved the tobacco company

Syn: ↑dissolve
Derivationally related forms: ↑dissolution (for: ↑dissolve)
Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminate
Verb Group: ↑dissolve, ↑dismiss
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

13. come to an end
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Their marriage dissolved

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The tobacco monopoly broke up

Syn: ↑dissolve
Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminate
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

14. break or cause to break into pieces
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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:
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Somebody ——s somebody of something

15. cause to separate
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break up kidney stones

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disperse particles

Syn: ↑disperse, ↑scatter
Hypernyms: ↑change integrity
Hyponyms: ↑backscatter
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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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:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

17. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
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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:
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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:
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Somebody ——s something

19. laugh unrestrainedly
Syn: ↑crack up
Hypernyms: ↑laugh, ↑express joy, ↑express mirth
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.