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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breaks up

“But now I like it because it breaks up the front lawn into separate planting sections.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Directed by Tristan Cook and opening in New York this weekend, the film breaks up its tour footage with the history of the quartet and briefly sketched portraits of its players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 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

This isn’t a movie about a girl who breaks up with her undermining boyfriend, she thought.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart