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

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