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breaking up

ADJECTIVE

crumbling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapsing decaying

STRONG

breaking disintegrating

WEAK

in ruins

ADJECTIVE

decaying

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapsing crumbling deteriorating

STRONG

decomposing disintegrating eroding oxidizing rusting spoiling

WEAK

breaking down falling to pieces in ruins wasting away wearing away

NOUN

dissolution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disintegration divorce partition

STRONG

detachment disunion division divorcement parting resolution

WEAK

split-up

Antonyms

STRONG

connection

WEAK

combination construction solution unification

NOUN

division

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distribution

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjuncture dismemberment dissolution disunion divorce parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection severance subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up

Antonyms

STRONG

attachment combination connection union

WEAK

accord agreement juncture system unification unison unity whole

NOUN

severance

Synonyms

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up

Antonyms

STRONG

attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

Example Sentences

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The race was then red-flagged because of the track breaking up at the corner where not only Leclerc had lost control but also Aston Martin's Lance Stroll, whose incident had caused the first safety car.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Even if the outcome survives, the case doesn’t justify breaking up the company, Live Nation said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Read more: Microsoft and OpenAI aren’t breaking up.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The BBC has learned that both Merseyside Police and Liverpool City Council are behind the tactic, which they said was "an effective tool" in breaking up groups of youths and "preventing anti-social behaviour".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

“I am not breaking up with you. That would be impossible, because we are not together.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

breaking up

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