break up in WordNet English dictionary

1. close at the end of a session
   "The court adjourned"
   adjourn  recess  break up 
   
2. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
   "The book dealer would not break the set"
   break  break up 
   
3. 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"
   separate  part  split up  split  break  break up 
   
4. break violently or noisily; smash;
   crash  break up  break apart 
   
5. take apart into its constituent pieces
   disassemble  dismantle  take apart  break up  break apart 
   
6. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
   decompose  break up  break down 
   
7. laugh unrestrainedly
   break up  crack up 
   
8. break or cause to break into pieces
   "The plate fragmented"
   break up  fragment  fragmentize  fragmentise 
   
9. come to an end
   "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
   dissolve  break up 
   
10. cause to go into a solution
    "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
    dissolve  resolve  break up 
    
11. cause to separate
    "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
    break up  disperse  scatter 
    
12. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
    "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
    dissolve  break up 
    
13. make a break in
    "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
    interrupt  disrupt  break up  cut off 
    
14. set or keep apart
    "sever a relationship"
    sever  break up 
    
15. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
    "Pick open the ice"
    pick  break up 
    
16. release ice
    "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
    calve  break up 
    
17. suffer a nervous breakdown
    crack up  crack  crock up  break up  collapse 
    
18. come apart
    "the group broke up"
    break up 
    
19. to cause to separate and go in different directions
    "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
    disperse  dissipate  dispel  break up  scatter 
    

break up in English Wiktionary