BROKEN UP Synonyms: 327 Similar and Opposite Words

broken up 1 of 2

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as in divided

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verb

past participle 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 ended

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 separated

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 stopped

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 giggled

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 broken up

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Real Man Adventures isn’t broken up into chapter-length sections of narrative, but rather brief, discursive essays. —

Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026 Even though the episode is broken up by brief life updates from alumni, the Lacheys are definitely focused on getting answers from the season-ten cast. —

Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 As Curiosity climbs, the terrain shows a clear shift toward increasingly dry conditions, broken up by occasional wetter intervals when rivers and lakes briefly resurfaced. —

Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026 The couple, who dated for 10 months before marrying in 2004, have broken up and reconciled as coparents in recent years. —

Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 Stewart, on the bench and out of the game, sprinted onto the court and sought out Bridges, leading Bridges and Stewart to square off before things were finally broken up. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026 This result is a high-scoring alley-oop-fest broken up only by about a million three-point attempts. —

Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 The city has broken up clusters of RVs and directed residents into short-term shelters, including tiny homes and hotels. —

Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026 The Grizzlies won at least 48 games in three of the last four seasons — including 56 in 2021-22 — but did not advance beyond the second round with the core that is now being broken up. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026

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No faction is more divided than the British, however, with benign diplomat Thomas Hopkins (Billy Howle) at odds with the almost feral Army captain Orde Wingate (Aramayo), reputed father of the modern IDF.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Chicago residents remain divided on whether the technology belongs in their city.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026