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Synonyms and Antonyms of breaks up
- the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful
- the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed
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)
- he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground
breaks down, decomposes, disassembles, disintegrates, dissolves
bifurcates, bisects, cleaves, dichotomizes, dissects, fractionalizes, fractionates, halves, partitions, quarters, segments, subdivides, trisects
fragmentates, fragmentizes, fragments
breaks, fractures, pulls, rends, rifts, rips, rives, ruptures, tears
cuts off, insulates, isolates, secludes, segregates, sequesters
- the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp
breaks down, cracks, flips (out) [slang], freaks (out), melts down, wigs (out) [slang]
- police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas
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
completes, concludes, finishes
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
abolishes, aborts, annuls, demolishes, destroys, dissolves, kills, ruins, scuttles, snuffs
- break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad
- if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke
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