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- the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful
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- the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed
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- he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground
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- the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp
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- break down,
- crack,
- flip (out)
- [slang],
- freak (out),
- melt down,
- wig (out)
- [slang]
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- police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas
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- break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad
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- doctor,
- fix,
- heal,
- mend,
- patch,
- rebuild,
- recondition,
- reconstruct,
- renovate,
- repair
- if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of breakup (Entry 2 of 2)
- the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War
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The first known use of break up was in the 15th century
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