break up

verb

1. to cause to separate and go in different directions

   verb.motion

   Synonyms dispel disperse dissipate scatter

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

   verb.social

   Synonyms break part separate split split up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. come apart

   verb.motion

   Synonyms divide part separate

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. break violently or noisily; smash

   verb.contact

   Synonyms break apart crash

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. make a break in

   verb.communication

   Synonyms cut off disrupt interrupt

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. cause to go into a solution

   verb.change

   Synonyms dissolve resolve

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. suffer a nervous breakdown

   verb.emotion

   Synonyms collapse crack crack up crock up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. take apart into its constituent pieces

   verb.creation

   Synonyms break apart disassemble dismantle take apart

   Antonyms assemble piece put together set up tack tack together

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. destroy the completeness of a set of related items

   verb.contact

   Synonyms break

   Source: WordNet 3.0

10. set or keep apart

    verb.contact

    Synonyms sever

    Source: WordNet 3.0

11. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

    verb.contact

    Synonyms pick

    Source: WordNet 3.0

12. release ice

    verb.contact

    Synonyms calve

    Source: WordNet 3.0

13. close at the end of a session

    verb.change

    Synonyms adjourn recess

    Source: WordNet 3.0

14. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

    verb.change

    Synonyms dissolve

    Source: WordNet 3.0

15. come to an end

    verb.change

    Synonyms break dissolve

    Source: WordNet 3.0

16. break or cause to break into pieces

    verb.change

    Synonyms fragment fragmentise fragmentize

    Source: WordNet 3.0

17. cause to separate

    verb.change

    Examples

    Break up kidney stones.

    Synonyms disperse scatter

    Source: WordNet 3.0

18. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

    verb.change

    Synonyms break down decompose

    Source: WordNet 3.0

19. laugh unrestrainedly

    verb.body

    Synonyms crack up

    Source: WordNet 3.0