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Synonyms and Antonyms of broke 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
broke off, ceased, closed, concluded, dead-ended, determined, died, discontinued, elapsed, ended, expired, finished, halted, lapsed, left off, let up, passed, quit (also quitted), stopped, terminated, went, winked (out), wound up (also winded up)
- he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground
broke down, decomposed, disassembled, disintegrated, dissolved
bifurcated, bisected, cleaved (or cleft), dichotomized, dissected, fractionalized, fractionated, halved, partitioned, quartered, segmented, subdivided, trisected
fragmentated, fragmented, fragmentized
broke, fractured, pulled, rent (also rended), rifted, ripped, rived, ruptured, tore
cut off, insulated, isolated, secluded, segregated, sequestered
- the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp
broke down, cracked, flipped (out) [slang], freaked (out), melted down, wigged (out) [slang]
- police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas
broke, broke off, canned [slang], ceased, cut off, cut out, desisted (from), discontinued, dropped, ended, gave over, halted, knocked off, laid off, left off, packed (up or in), quit (also quitted), shut off, stopped
completed, concluded, finished
blockaded, blocked, dammed, delayed, detained, held, held back, hindered, impeded, kiboshed, obstructed, stemmed
arrested, braked, checked, clamped down, reined (in), squashed, squelched, stamped, stanched (or staunched), stunted, suppressed, turned back
abolished, aborted, annulled, demolished, destroyed, dissolved, killed, ruined, scuttled, snuffed
- break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad
broke, busted (also bust), disintegrated, dismembered, disrupted, fractured, fragmented, rived
- if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke
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