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cause to separate
break up kidney stones
disperse particles - break violently or noisily; smash
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to cause to separate and go in different directions
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds - suffer a nervous breakdown
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come to an end
Their marriage dissolved
The tobacco monopoly broke up -
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
My friend and I split up
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
The business partners broke over a tax question -
come apart
the group broke up - take apart into its constituent pieces
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bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
The decree officially dissolved the marriage
the judge dissolved the tobacco company -
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Pick open the ice -
close at the end of a session
The court adjourned -
destroy the completeness of a set of related items
The book dealer would not break the set -
set or keep apart
sever a relationship -
release ice
The icebergs and glaciers calve - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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make a break in
We interrupt the program for the following messages -
break or cause to break into pieces
The plate fragmented -
cause to go into a solution
The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water - laugh unrestrainedly
How To Use break up In A Sentence
- Martin did well to recover from the onslaught to go a break up in the third set.
- Over Fate of Georgia, Provinces With Russian forces appearing to hunker down in Georgia, U.S. and European officials now face a pricklier challenge: Moscow's insistence that it has the right to help break up the country. U.S.-Russia Relations Turn Cold
- She would have to break up her body into small particles of matter.
- Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
- Break up large clods and remove rocks and roots.
- Wesson meant for his plan to be triggered if police or employees with Child Protective Services — people he called devils — attempted to break up his family, she has argued. Wesson’s speedy trial a rarity
- If I reason, Every student who can concentrate his attention can learn quickly, George Marston has a notable power of concentration, Therefore George Marston can learn quickly, I again break up the abstraction _student_, and the concrete fact The Making of Arguments
- Break up tangles with a wide-toothed comb or just your fingers.
- The lemon granita is slushy with large crystals—chunks you'll need to break up with a spoon—and a sweetness that, as it approaches too much, becomes pleasantly tart. In Search Of The Perfect Gelato
- Break up the chocolate and melt it.
