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break_up
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ verb ] to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example
Examples "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)`` I have done everything '' , he wrote , `` to break_up the whole of that unfortunate establishment '' . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)The crowd consequently breaks_up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six , with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes . Related terms |
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[ verb ] discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Examples "The business partners broke over a tax question" "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage" "My friend and I split up" Used in print (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)The crowd consequently breaks_up into temporary groups ranging in size from two to six , with a half-life for the cluster ranging from three to twenty minutes . |
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[ verb ] come apart
Examples "the group broke up" Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)The meeting broke_up . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make a break in
Examples "We interrupt the program for the following messages" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)Goulding 's platoon pushed_back the enemy soldiers and broke_up the timing of the entire enemy attack . |
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[ verb ] break violently or noisily; smash;
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He saw Mose squatting by the hearth , breaking_up hardtack into a pan . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to go into a solution
Examples "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)( Some suspensions break_up before they are near to the direction of shear , and some become asymptotic to it without breakup . ) Related terms |
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[ verb ] break or cause to break into pieces
Synonyms Examples "The plate fragmented" "I don't want to break up the group" |
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[ verb ] separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical substances
Synonyms Related terms |
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[ verb ] take apart into its constituent pieces
Synonyms Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to separate
Examples "break up kidney stones" "disperse particles" Related terms |
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[ verb ] bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
Synonyms Examples "The decree officially dissolved the marriage" "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" Related terms |
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