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230 Moby Thesaurus words for "break up": ablate, accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, amuse, analyze, anatomize, assay, atomize, be in stitches, beguile, better, bite the dust, break, break down, break into pieces, break open, break to pieces, burst, burst into laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cackle, canker, change, chortle, chuckle, come apart, come to dust, come unstuck, consume, convert, convulse, corrode, corrupt, crack, crack up, crash, crow, crumble, crumble into dust, crumble to dust, crunch, crush, cut to pieces, deactivate, debrief, decay, decompose, deform, delight, demob, demobilize, demolish, denature, detach, differ, differentiate, diffuse, disband, discharge, disintegrate, disjoin, disjoint, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, disrupt, dissect, dissent, dissever, dissolve, disunify, disunite, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divert, divide, effloresce, enliven, entertain, erode, exhilarate, fall, fall into decay, fall to dust, fall to pieces, fester, fission, fissure, fit, fracture, fracture one, fragment, gangrene, giggle, give away, give way, go bad, go into convulsions, go separate ways, go to pieces, grain, granulate, grind, guffaw, ha-ha, hee-haw, hee-hee, ho-ho, horselaugh, improve, kill, knock dead, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, let go, loosen up, make mincemeat of, meliorate, mildew, mince, mitigate, modify, modulate, mold, molder, mortify, muster out, mutate, nearly die laughing, necrose, overthrow, part, part company, powder, pulverize, putrefy, putresce, qualify, raise a laugh, raise a smile, rankle, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, recreate, redesign, reduce, reduce to elements, refit, reform, refresh, regale, relax, release, relieve, remake, renew, reshape, resolve, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes, roar, roar with laughter, rot, rupture, scatter, segment, separate, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shatter, shift the scene, shiver, shout, shriek, shuffle the cards, slay, smash, smash up, snap, snicker, snigger, snort, solace, sphacelate, splinter, split, split up, split with laughter, spoil, spring a leak, squash, squish, start, subdivide, subvert, sunder, suppurate, tee-hee, tickle, titillate, titter, topple, tumble, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, variate, variegate, vary, waste away, wear away, work a change, worsen, wow, yuk-yuk

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

break up

verb

1: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter]
2: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break]
3: come apart; "the group broke up"
4: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break apart]
5: make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, cut off]
6: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, resolve]
7: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock up, collapse]
8: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break apart] [ant: assemble]
9: destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" [syn: break]
10: set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" [syn: sever]
11: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: pick]
12: release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn: calve]
13: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess]
14: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: dissolve]
15: come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" [syn: dissolve]
16: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]
17: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" [syn: disperse, scatter]
18: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts [syn: decompose, break down]
19: laugh unrestrainedly [syn: crack up]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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