breakup or break up
A breakup is what happens when two people break up. The one-word form is the result, whereas the two-word form is the action that leads to it.
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breakup vs break up :
Definitions
- n the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
- n coming apart
- v to cause to separate and go in different directions
- v discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- v come apart
- v break violently or noisily; smash;
- v make a break in
- v cause to go into a solution
- v suffer a nervous breakdown
- v take apart into its constituent pieces
- v destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- v set or keep apart
- v attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- v release ice
- v close at the end of a session
- v bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- v come to an end
- v break or cause to break into pieces
- v cause to separate
- v separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- v laugh unrestrainedly
News & Articles
- Funny Breakup: 'Why I'm Dumping You' List Highlights Ex's Annoying Habits (PHOTO)
After a breakup, it can be cathartic to list all the things you won't miss about your ex. But sending the list to him or her? That takes some nerve. Apparently, that's exactly what one guy did after dumping the lady in his life.
June 21, 2013 - The Huffington Post - Check out a clip from the Zachary Quinto-produced comedy ‘Breakup at a Wedding’ — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
Pretty much everything which could go wrong at a wedding does so in the new movie Breakup at a Wedding
June 20, 2013 - Entertainment Weekly - Sony Downplays Third Point's Breakup Pitch
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Change at Sony may take time, as the company tries to revive its competitiveness in the fast-moving electronics business. Sony continues to downplay a breakup proposal that activist hedge fund investor Dan Loeb of Third Point Capital has proposed for the struggling electronics and entertainment giant. At the company's annual shareholder meeting in Tokyo, Sony CEO Kazuo ...
June 20, 2013 - TheStreet.com
- Tens of thousands gather at pro-Erdogan rally in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's supporters massed at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, as riot police fired tear gas to break up pockets of anti-government protesters in the city centerseveral kilometers away. "We are the silent majority, not the riff-raff who are trying to frighten us," Ruveyda Alkan, 32, said among the sea of Erdogan's AK Party ...
June 16, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Baysox break up B-Mets win streak
The Baysox break up the B-Mets six-game win streak Friday with a 6-3 win.
June 15, 2013 - YNN Syracuse - Third man arrested in attack of man who tried to break up a fight in Gulfport
GULFPORT -- Police have arrested a third person wanted in the attack of a man who tried to break up a fight between two females.
June 15, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald