SPLITTING (UP) Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

splitting (up)

verb

Definition of splitting (up)

present participle of split (up)

as in breaking up

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A day later, after breaking up with Niemiec, the victim went to Niemiec’s apartment with a friend to retrieve her things, according to the report.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
There’s nothing like breaking up a hot day with a matcha run.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 July 2026

Definition of breaking up

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But being a teenager can be isolating, confusing, and an emotional rollercoaster—and what can start as an attempt to find friends can quickly spiral into an unhealthy obsession.

— Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 July 2026
It’s designed to focus on facial features, isolating every muscle.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Definition of isolating

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The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Federal prosecutors discovered that the campaign filings showed a pattern of segregating the kickbacks from the district attorney’s staff in a later campaign disclosure hoping nobody would follow up.

— John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of segregating

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And Champion’s parting words to us about Messi ahead of kickoff proved prescient.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
The house sits in a landscape of almost unimaginable beauty, cradled in the warm embrace of its own green valley, dramatic hills rising steeply on all sides but parting ahead to reveal distant fields.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

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