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BREAKUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
Synonyms:
breakup; dissolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("breakup" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breakup"):
splitsville (separation or breakup or divorce)
annulment; invalidation ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))
Derivation:
break up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coming apart
Synonyms:
breakup; detachment; separation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("breakup" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breakup"):
breach; break; falling out; rift; rupture; severance (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions))
break (the occurrence of breaking)
Derivation:
break up (come apart)
break up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
