ex

past

Time already gone

• previousOccurring before another
• erstwhilePreviously but not now
• oldExisting many years

bygone · preceding · once · prior · onetime · late · quondam · sometime · earlier · aged

breakup

Romantic relationship's termination

• heartacheDeep emotional distress
• divorceLegal end of matrimony
• separationState of being apart

split · estrangement · parting · flame · lover · spouse · boyfriend · girlfriend · husband · wife

expel

Remove forcibly from membership

• excludeBar from participation
• excommunicateExpel from church membership
• exileBanishment from homeland

extract · extradite · eject · evict · expunge · excise · eliminate · exempt · extricate · expatriate

cut

Severance or reduction

• moreAdditional quantity
• headUppermost body part
• catSmall furry housepet

yes · join · sort · less · fold · tail · paste · grep · diff · chmod

instance

Single occurrence of something

• specimenIndividual for examination
• sampleSubset for study
• illustrationPicture explaining something

case · model · demonstration · exemplar · paradigm · prototype · archetype · representative · typical · showcase

• relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
• breakupsbreakup, breaking up, dumped, dumping, it's over
• contactsfriend, family, contact list, neighbor, acquaintances
• datingmatch, profile, swipe left, hookup, breakup
• relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
• Scrabble Wordsaa, ax, em, en, er