What is "break up"

alt. 1 (context intransitive English) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart. 2 (context intransitive idiomatic English) To end a relationship. 3 (context intransitive idiomatic English) To dissolve; to part. 4 (context intransitive idiomatic English) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term. 5 (context intransitive idiomatic English) Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection. 6 (context transitive English) To break or separate into pieces. 7 (context transitive idiomatic English) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting. 8 (context intransitive idiomatic figuratively English) Become disorganised vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart. 2 (context intransitive idiomatic English) To end a relationship. 3 (context intransitive idiomatic English) To dissolve; to part. 4 (context intransitive idiomatic English) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term. 5 (context intransitive idiomatic English) Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection. 6 (context transitive English) To break or separate into pieces. 7 (context transitive idiomatic English) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting. 8 (context intransitive idiomatic figuratively English) Become disorganised

1. v. to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter]

2. 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" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break]

3. come apart; "the group broke up"

4. break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break apart]

5. make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, cut off]

6. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, resolve]

7. suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock up, collapse]

8. take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break apart] [ant: assemble]

9. destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" [syn: break]

10. set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" [syn: sever]

11. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: pick]

12. release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn: calve]

13. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess]

14. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: dissolve]

15. come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" [syn: dissolve]

16. break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]

17. cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" [syn: disperse, scatter]

18. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts [syn: decompose, break down]

19. laugh unrestrainedly [syn: crack up]

Break Up ( and also known as The Man with the Balloons) is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri.

A breakup is the termination of a usually intimate relationship by any means other than death.

Break Up may also refer to:

"Break Up" is the first single from Mario's fourth studio album D.N.A.. It features and was co-written by Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett with production and additional writing from Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford. The single was first premiered on the radio station V-103 at March 30, 2009 with Greg Street.

Break Up is a collaborative album between Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson. The first single, " Relator" was released as a digital download on May 25, 2009. The full album was released by Atco/ Rhino on September 15, 2009. Pete's brother Rick Yorn is Scarlett's manager.

Break Up is a 1998 American crime thriller film directed by Paul Marcus and written by Anne Amanda Opotowsky. It stars Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, Hart Bochner, and Steven Weber.

Break Up is a 1978 Italian romance drama film directed by Enrico Maria Salerno.

It is based on the novel Eutanasia di un amore by Giorgio Saviane.