Breakup
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
"Several factors led to speculation that the accident might have been caused by a bomb or missile strike, including heightened safety and security concerns because of the 1996 Olympics then being held in the United States, the fact that TWA flight 800 was an international flight, and the sudden and catastrophic nature of the in-flight breakup."
- 2 the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) wordnet
- 3 The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
""Eventually, I just pieced it together, figuring your butting heads could probably be explained by a break up. Years of anime shipping trained me for this.""
- 4 coming apart wordnet
- 5 A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
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- 6 The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring. Canada, Northern
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More examples"Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey."
Etymology
Deverbal from break up.
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