[verb] to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" Synonyms:disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter
[verb] 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" Synonyms:separate, part, split up, split, break
[verb] come apart; "the group broke up"
[verb] break violently or noisily; smash; Synonyms:crash, break apart
[verb] make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" Synonyms:interrupt, disrupt, cut off
[verb] cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Synonyms:dissolve, resolve
[verb] destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" Synonyms:break
[verb] set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" Synonyms:sever
[verb] attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" Synonyms:pick
[verb] release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" Synonyms:calve
[verb] close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" Synonyms:adjourn, recess
[verb] bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" Synonyms:dissolve
[verb] come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" Synonyms:dissolve