breakup

UK/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/US/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/

nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,829 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: breakups

A breakup is the ending of a relationship or of a group. Go through a breakup.

It is used of couples, of bands and of companies, and all three are described in the same words. A breakup is written as one word in American use and often as two in British.

Definitions of breakup

1nounbreakupThe ending of a relationship or of a group.B2
“The breakup was reported before either of them had told their families.”

breakup is an ending.

Where it comes from

Deverbal from break up.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

breakup in the wild

The exact timing of the deaths of the crew is not known, but several crew members are thought to have survived the initial breakup of the spacecraft.
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
A relationship breakup, breakup, or break-up is the ending of a relationship.
Breakup
The term is less likely to be applied to a married couple, where a breakup is typically called a separation or divorce.
Breakup
The breakup of the system was initiated in 1974 when the United States Department of Justice filed United States v.
Breakup of the Bell System
At the time of the breakup of the Bell System in the early 1980s, it had assets of $150 billion and employed over one million people.
Bell System

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