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Definisjon av break up

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Verb
break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
come apart, fall apart, split up, separate, break lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died"
atomise, atomize break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind laugh loudly and harshly
pound break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
sunder break apart or in two, using violence
sliver, splinter form into slivers; "sliver wood"
rag break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
crumb remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"
brecciate break into breccia; "brecciate rock"
crush break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
grate, grind make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
break up - come apart; "the group broke up"
part, split, separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
disband, dissolve stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
break up - cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
disperse, scatter
change integrity change in physical make-up
backscatter scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
break up - laugh unrestrainedly
crack up
express joy, express mirth, laugh produce laughter
break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
interrupt, disrupt, cut off
discontinue, break off, stop, break put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
cut off, cut remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
punctuate insert punctuation marks into
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
put aside, put away turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things"
intermit, pause, break cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, cut in, break in, put in break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
burst in on, burst upon spring suddenly; "He burst upon our conversation"
heckle challenge aggressively
interject, throw in, interpose, come in, inject, put in to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"
jam, block interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
stop over, stop cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"
take time off, take off remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
break up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
separate, part, split up, split, break
give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"
disunify, break apart break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"
disassociate, disunite, divorce, dissociate, disjoint part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
break with end a relationship; "China broke with Russia"
divorce, split up get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
secede, splinter, break away withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
break away, break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
break up - cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
dissolve, resolve
dissolve declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
change integrity change in physical make-up
melt down, melt, run become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
break up - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter
divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
disband stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
break up - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
decompose, break down
separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
digest soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
dissociate to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
break up - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
dissolve
dismiss, dissolve bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
break up - take apart into its constituent pieces
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break apart
put together, tack together, assemble, piece, tack, set up create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
break up - attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
pick
chop, hack hit sharply
pierce make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"
break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
sever
disunite, part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
break up - destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
break
modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
break up - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
adjourn, recess
cease, end, terminate, finish, stop bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
break up - suffer a nervous breakdown
crack up, crack, crock up, collapse
sustain, suffer, have, get admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion"
break up - break violently or noisily; smash;
crash, break apart
disintegrate break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
crash stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
break up - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
calve
part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
break up - come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
dissolve
end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
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Verb
break up - To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
break up - To end a relationship.
break up - To dissolve; to part.
break up - Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
break up - Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
break up - To break or separate into pieces.
break up - To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
break up - Become disorganised.

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  • break up
    To delay or put off an event or an appointment.
  • break up
    To end a relationship.

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