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laugh unrestrainedly cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" come apart; "the group broke up" separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" break violently or noisily; smash; set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company" come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up" make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" take apart into its constituent pieces suffer a nervous breakdown to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" 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" |
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