break up
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Framework senses
- §1
- to laugh unrestrainedly
- §2
- to separate substances into constituent elements or parts
- §3
- to cause to separate
- §4
- to break or cause to break into pieces
- §5
- to bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- §6
- to close at the end of a session
- §7
- to cause to go into a solution
- §8
- to release ice
- §9
- to attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- §10
- to set or keep apart
- §11
- to destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- §12
- to take apart into its constituent pieces
- §13
- to suffer a nervous breakdown
- §14
- to come apart
- §15
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- §16
- to discontinue an association or relation