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

Example Sentences

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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

Sometimes it saves us, sometimes it breaks up our sleep, our focus, our calm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Trump is due to begin his three-day visit on 17 September, just a day after the House of Commons breaks up for the annual party conference season.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

The crowd of initiates breaks up slowly, leaving just me, Peter, Will, and Al standing there.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth