'Breakup' definitions:
Definition of 'breakup'
(from WordNet)
noun
The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) [syn: dissolution, breakup]
noun
Coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment]
Definition of 'Breakup'
From: GCIDE
- Breakup \Break"up`\, Break-up \Break"-up`\, n. Disruption; coming apart; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of a meeting, assembly, or dinner party; the break-up of a spacecraft on re-entry into the atmosphere.
- Syn: separation, detachment. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. the termination of a relationship; a break-up of the government; the break-up of a marriage; the break-up of a business partnership; the break-up of a comedy team.
- Syn: dissolution. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'breakup'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablation,
- analysis,
- analyzation,
- anatomizing,
- anatomy,
- apoplexy,
- assay,
- assaying,
- atomization,
- biodegradability,
- biodegradation,
- bloodbath,
- bloodless revolution,
- blue ruin,
- bouleversement,
- breakdown,
- breaking down,
- breaking up,
- carnage,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- cave,
- cave-in,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- climax,
- collapse,
- computer revolution,
- consumption,
- convulsion,
- corrosion,
- corruption,
- counterrevolution,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crumbling,
- damnation,
- deactivation,
- debacle,
- decay,
- decimation,
- decomposition,
- degradability,
- degradation,
- demobilization,
- depredation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- detachment,
- devastation,
- diaspora,
- diastrophism,
- diffusion,
- dilapidation,
- disaster,
- disbandment,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- dismissal,
- disorganization,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- disruption,
- dissection,
- dissolution,
- division,
- docimasy,
- erosion,
- exfoliation,
- fit,
- fragmentation,
- gravimetric analysis,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- holocaust,
- incoherence,
- mildew,
- mold,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- oxidation,
- oxidization,
- palace revolution,
- paroxysm,
- parting,
- perdition,
- proximate analysis,
- quake,
- quantitative analysis,
- radical change,
- ravage,
- ravages of time,
- reduction to elements,
- release,
- resolution,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- revulsion,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- rust,
- scaling,
- scattering,
- segmentation,
- semimicroanalysis,
- separation,
- shambles,
- shattering,
- shipwreck,
- slaughter,
- smash,
- smashup,
- spasm,
- split-up,
- spoilage,
- spoliation,
- striking alteration,
- stroke,
- subdivision,
- subversion,
- sweeping change,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- temblor,
- tidal wave,
- total change,
- total loss,
- transilience,
- tsunami,
- undoing,
- upheaval,
- upset,
- vandalism,
- violent change,
- washout,
- waste,
- wear,
- wear and tear,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck