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breaks up

VERB

end relationship, activity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjourn disband dismantle disperse disrupt dissolve divide halt put an end to separate split stop suspend terminate

WEAK

disassemble divorce end part scatter sever sunder take apart

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrange assemble begin collect combine continue encourage gather go join marry open put together start unite

WEAK

reconcile

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breaks up

The founder of Indian conglomerate Vedanta said he is confident of continued dividends even as the company breaks up to pursue ambitious growth plans in a bet on booming commodities demand locally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The ISS is set to be decommissioned after 2030, with its orbit gradually lowered until it breaks up in the atmosphere over a remote part of the Pacific Ocean called Point Nemo, a spacecraft graveyard.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

This heat breaks up the ligands, freeing the carbon and oxygen atoms.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

Loop, which he breaks up into 15 segments over many weekends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

After a while, Aunt Angie and Uncle Pat have to go, and the party breaks up.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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