Dictionary

breakup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/

Etymology

Deverbal from break up.

Meanings

1. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
   • Several factors led to speculation that the accident might have been caused by a bomb or missile strike, including heightened safety and security concerns because of the 1996 Olympics then being held in the United States, the fact that TWA flight 800 was an international flight, and the sudden and catastrophic nature of the in-flight breakup. 2000 August 23, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage Recovery and Documentation Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic Ocean, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, Boeing 747-131, N93119, Near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2022, page 65:
2. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
   • "Eventually, I just pieced it together, figuring your butting heads could probably be explained by a break up. Years of anime shipping trained me for this." 2018 November 21, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1101 - Rose:
3. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
4. (Canada, Northern, qualifier:Alaska) The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

Forms

Antonyms

freeze-up (antonym(s) of “seasons”)

Deriveds

third-act breakup · postbreakup

Relateds

breakdown · breakoff

Synonyms

rupture (act of breaking up) · split (act of breaking up) · split-up (act of breaking up) · falling out (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)

Translations (34)

tr ayrılık (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · de Ende (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · ckb بڕانەوە (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · nl relatiebreuk (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · de Trennung (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · sv uppbrott (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · mr विभागणी (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · fi rikkoutuminen (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · pt término (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · de Auflösung (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · oj minoskamin (ice break-up season) · pam kawani (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · fi ero (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · fi hajoaminen (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · cwd ᒥᖪᐢᑲᒥᐣ (ice break-up season) · de Beendigung (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · it spezzettamento (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · fi rikkominen (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · mr वियोजन (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · fi hajottaminen (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · fi särkeminen (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · es ruptura (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · it rottura (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · pl rozstanie (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · es dischar (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · de Trennung (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · cwd mithoskamin (ice break-up season) · cs rozchod (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · fi särkyminen (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · pt quebra (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · mr ब्रेकअप (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship) · fr dégel (ice break-up season) · hy բաժանում (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division) · fr rupture (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)