BROKE UP Synonyms: 279 Similar and Opposite Words

broke up

verb

past tense of break up

as in disbanded

to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful

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as in stopped

to come to an end the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed

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as in divided

to set or force apart he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground

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as in cracked

to yield to mental or emotional stress the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp

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as in ceased

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas

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as in disrupted

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad

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as in laughed

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke

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Recent Examples of broke up Later, in 7-on-7, Gilman broke up a Mahomes pass intended for wide receiver Tyquan Thornton. —

Pete Sweeney june 11, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026 Law enforcement broke up emotional swells from people on both sides. —

Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 10 June 2026 The pair officially broke up for the first time in January 2004 and remained friendly in between. —

Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 Hoyos also praised defensive midfielder Yannick Bright, who broke up countless Cincinnati plays, stole passes and sent the ball into the attack time and time again. —

Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 The former couple broke up in 2018. —

Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 May 2026 By then, the Golden Knights recovered and broke up the play, and the Ducks never even got a shot on goal. —

Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 May 2026 Joyce broke up Kiefer’s outs streak with a single down the first base line and Ryan singled to put runners on first and second with no outs. —

Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 Four people were wounded in a shooting at the park in Arden Arcade, where several hundred people had gathered as law enforcement broke up the crowd. —

Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026

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This group, along with a number of others dedicated to examining and addressing inequities in the military, has been disbanded.

— Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
By 2021, the Afghanistan Football Federation had disbanded the women’s team, and many of the country’s best female soccer players, including Popal, had fled the country.

— Time, Time, 9 June 2026