Breakup

Quick meaning: Breakup is a noun meaning The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

Meaning

The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

More Meanings

1. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
2. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
3. (Alaska, northern Canada) The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

Example Sentences

"Eventually, I just pieced it together, figuring your butting heads could probably be explained by a break up. Years of anime shipping trained me for this."

Several factors led to speculation that the accident might have been caused by a bomb or missile strike, including heightened safety and security concerns because of the 1996 Olympics then being held in the United States, the fact that TWA flight 800 was an international flight, and the sudden and catastrophic nature of the in-flight breakup.

Word Forms

• breakups
• break up
• break-up

Synonyms for breakup

Depending on context, synonyms include rupture, split, detachment, dissolution, separation.

Antonyms for breakup

Common opposites include freeze-up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include separation, dissolution, detachment, break-up, dismantling, dismantlement.

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