breakup
IPA: brˈeɪkʌp
noun
- The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
- The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
- A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
- (Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
break up
IPA: brˈeɪkˈʌp
noun
- Alternative form of breakup [The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.]
verb
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
break-up
IPA: brˈeɪkʌp
noun
- Alternative spelling of breakup [The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.]
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