Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey.
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Breakup
//ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp//
Synonyms for "breakup" (164 found)
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34 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բաժանում noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بڕانەوە noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
Czech
1 entries- rozchod noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Dutch
1 entries- relatiebreuk noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Finnish
4 entries- ero noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- hajoaminen noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
- hajottaminen noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
- rikkominen noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
French
2 entries- dégel noun (ice break-up season)
- rupture noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
German
4 entries- Auflösung noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- Beendigung noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- Ende noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- Trennung noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
Italian
2 entries- rottura noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- spezzettamento noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
Kapampangan
1 entries- kawani noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Marathi
3 entries- ब्रेकअप noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- विभागणी noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
- वियोजन noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
Ojibwe
1 entries- minoskamin noun (ice break-up season)
Polish
1 entries- rozstanie noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Portuguese
2 entries- quebra noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
- término noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Spanish
2 entries- dischar noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
- ruptura noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Swedish
1 entries- uppbrott noun (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division)
Turkish
1 entries- ayrılık noun (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)
Woods Cree
2 entries- mithoskamin noun (ice break-up season)
- ᒥᖪᐢᑲᒥᐣ noun (ice break-up season)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom couldn't think of Mary without remembering how painful their breakup had been.
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Tom bad-mouthed Mary to all his friends and family after their breakup.
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To wash away the bitterness of the breakup, Layla enjoyed a vacation in Egypt.
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