breakup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-breakup.wav

breakup breakups break up break-up

Deverbal from break up.

rupture split split-up falling out

freeze-up

breakdown breakoff

postbreakup third-act breakup

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