break up (
http://definr.com/break up)
v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions, of
crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered
the crows." [syn:
disperse,
dissipate,
dispel,
scatter]
2: 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" [syn:
separate,
part,
split up,
split,
break]
3: come apart
4: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn:
crash, {break
apart}]
5: make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following
messages" [syn:
interrupt,
disrupt,
cut off]
6: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should
dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn:
dissolve,
resolve]
7: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn:
crack up,
crack, {crock
up},
collapse]
8: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn:
disassemble,
dismantle,
take apart,
break apart] [ant:
assemble]
9: destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The
book dealer would not break the set" [syn:
break]
10: set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" [syn:
sever]
11: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground,
for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn:
pick]
12: release ice; of icebergs or glaciers [syn:
calve]
13: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn:
adjourn,
recess]
14: terminate (legally); "Their marriage dissolved" [syn:
dissolve]
15: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented";
"I don't want to break up the group" [syn:
fragment,
fragmentize,
fragmentise]
16: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse
particles" [syn:
disperse,
scatter]
17: separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical
substances [syn:
decompose,
break down]
18: laugh unrestrainedly [syn:
crack up]