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break up

  1. disintegrate or disperse.
    "the gray clouds had begun to break up"
  2. (of a gathering) come to an end and disperse.
    "after about an hour, the meeting broke up"
    synonyms: come to an end, end, finish, stop, terminate, adjourn, recess, disperse, scatter, go separate ways, disband, separate, part company
  3. (with reference to a couple) end a romantic or sexual relationship.
    "I was heartbroken when we broke up"
    synonyms: split up, separate, part, stop living together, part company, reach a parting of the ways, become estranged, divorce, get divorced, get a divorce, bust up
  4. start laughing uncontrollably.
    "the whole cast broke up"
    synonyms: burst out laughing, start to laugh, roar with laughter, dissolve into laughter, shake with laughter, laugh uncontrollably, guffaw, be doubled up, split one's sides, hold one's sides, be in stitches, crack up, crease up, be creased up, be rolling in the aisles, fall about, laugh like a drain
  5. (with reference to a phone or radio signal) be interrupted by interference.
    "you're breaking up, I can't hear you"
  6. end the school term.
    "we broke up for the summer"

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