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breaking up

ADJECTIVE
crumbling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
collapsing decaying
STRONG
breaking disintegrating
WEAK
in ruins
ADJECTIVE
decaying
Synonyms
STRONGEST
collapsing crumbling deteriorating
STRONG
decomposing disintegrating eroding oxidizing rusting spoiling
WEAK
breaking down falling to pieces in ruins wasting away wearing away
NOUN
dissolution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disintegration divorce partition
STRONG
detachment disunion division divorcement parting resolution
WEAK
split-up
Antonyms
STRONG
connection
WEAK
combination construction solution unification
NOUN
division
Synonyms
STRONGEST
distribution
STRONG
analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection severance subdivision vivisection
WEAK
breaking down contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment combination connection union
WEAK
accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole
NOUN
severance
Synonyms
STRONG
analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection
WEAK
breaking down contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up
Antonyms
STRONG
attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

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The pattern may have served as disruptive camouflage, visually breaking up the outline of the crocodile and making it more difficult to distinguish from its surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

I had just moved into my new apartment after breaking up with a long-term ex.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Guthrie family’s anguished video led the NBC Nightly News, breaking up the Winter Olympics coverage from Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Removing stagnant water, such as by emptying flowerpot plates, overturning unused pails and breaking up hardened soil, can help break the dengue transmission cycle.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

I can’t remember if either of these two were with the crowd who saw Chloe breaking up with me on that horrible day.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

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