BREAKUP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

Synonyms:

breakup; dissolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("breakup" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breakup"):

splitsville (separation or breakup or divorce)

annulment; invalidation ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))

Derivation:

break up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

Meaning:

Coming apart

Synonyms:

breakup; detachment; separation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("breakup" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breakup"):

breach; break; falling out; rift; rupture; severance (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions))

break (the occurrence of breaking)

Derivation:

break up (come apart)

break up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)