Main entry: crack up, break up
Definition: laugh unrestrainedly
Main entry: decompose, break down, break up
Definition: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Main entry: disperse, break up, scatter
Definition: cause to separate
Usage: break up kidney stones; disperse particles
Main entry: fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up
Definition: break or cause to break into pieces
Usage: The plate fragmented
Main entry: break up, dissolve
Definition: come to an end
Usage: Their marriage dissolved; The tobacco monopoly broke up
Main entry: dissolve, break up
Definition: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Usage: The decree officially dissolved the marriage; the judge dissolved the tobacco company
Main entry: break up, adjourn, recess
Definition: close at the end of a session
Usage: The court adjourned
Main entry: break up, resolve, dissolve
Definition: cause to go into a solution
Usage: The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
Main entry: interrupt, break up, disrupt, cut off
Definition: make a break in
Usage: We interrupt the program for the following messages
Definition: release ice
Usage: The icebergs and glaciers calve
Definition: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Usage: Pick open the ice
Definition: set or keep apart
Usage: sever a relationship
Main entry: crash, break apart, break up
Definition: break violently or noisily; smash;
Definition: destroy the completeness of a set of related items
Usage: The book dealer would not break the set
Main entry: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
Definition: take apart into its constituent pieces
Main entry: break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
Definition: suffer a nervous breakdown
Main entry: break up
Definition: come apart
Usage: the group broke up
Main entry: scatter, dispel, disperse, dissipate, break up
Definition: to cause to separate and go in different directions
Usage: She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Main entry: part, separate, split, split up, break, break up
Definition: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Usage: The business partners broke over a tax question; The couple separated after 25 years of marriage; My friend and I split up