breakup
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noun \ˈbrāk-ˌəp\Definition of BREAKUP
1
: an act or instance of breaking up
2
: the breaking, melting, and loosening of ice in the spring
See Examples of BREAKUP
- Money problems often lead to marital breakups.
- She's just gone through a bad breakup with her boyfriend.
- He began drinking heavily following the breakup of his marriage.
- a couple heading for marital breakup
- What caused the breakup of the Roman Empire?
- the breakup of a monopoly
- the breakup of an asteroid as it hits the Earth's atmosphere
First Known Use of BREAKUP
1794
Related to BREAKUP
- Synonyms
- bifurcation, separation, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, schism, scission, split, sundering
- Antonyms
- unification, union
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