breaks up

Splits from partner

Breaks up covers several kinds of coming apart.

A couple breaks up when their romantic relationship ends: They broke up after three years together.

A group breaks up when its members disperse or the organization dissolves.

Something physical breaks up when it fragments into smaller pieces: The ice breaks up in spring.

A phone call or audio signal breaks up when interference causes gaps or distortion.

To break someone up is to make them laugh uncontrollably.

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disbands · shatters · falls to pieces · part · take apart · crumbles · separate · end · end of the road · call it quits · cuts ties · disintegrate · ruptures · disconnect · terminates · split · detach · goodbye

Opposites
relationship dissolution

breaks upreconciles

Resolves differences between parties

gets back together · reunites · makes up · commits · marries

physical fragmentation

breaks upcombines

Merges multiple into one

assembles · joins · fuses · consolidates · merges

group dissolution

breaks upforms

Varieties or documents

comes together · assembles · gathers · unites · bands together

Family

break, broken, broke, breaking, unbroken, break up, breakup, breaks, unbreakable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G