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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
Synonyms for breaks up
- breaks off,
- ceases,
- closes,
- concludes,
- dead-ends,
- determines,
- dies,
- discontinues,
- elapses,
- ends,
- expires,
- finishes,
- goes,
- halts,
- lapses,
- leaves off,
- lets up,
- passes,
- quits,
- stops,
- terminates,
- winds up,
- winks (out)
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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
Synonyms for breaks up
- breaks down,
- cracks,
- flips (out)
- [slang],
- freaks (out),
- melts down,
- wigs (out)
- [slang]
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- police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas
Synonyms for breaks up
- breaks,
- breaks off,
- cans
- [slang],
- ceases,
- cuts off,
- cuts out,
- desists (from),
- discontinues,
- drops,
- ends,
- gives over,
- halts,
- knocks off,
- lays off,
- leaves off,
- packs (up or in),
- quits,
- shuts off,
- stops
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- blockades,
- blocks,
- dams,
- delays,
- detains,
- hinders,
- holds,
- holds back,
- impedes,
- kiboshes,
- obstructs,
- stems
- arrests,
- brakes,
- checks,
- clamps down,
- reins (in),
- squashes,
- squelches,
- stamps,
- stanches
- (or staunches),
- stunts,
- suppresses,
- turns back
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- break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad
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- if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke
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“Breaks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaks%20up. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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