breakup
pronunciation
How to pronounce breakup in British English:
UK [ˈbreɪkˈʌp]
How to pronounce breakup in American English:
US [ˈbreɪˌkʌp]
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- Noun:
- the termination of a relationship
- coming apart
Word Origin
- breakup (n.)
- also break-up, 1795, from verbal expression break up (mid-15c.), which was used originally of plowland, later of groups, assemblies, etc. Of things (also of marriages, relationships), "to disintegrate," from mid-18c. See break (v.) + up (adv.). Break it up as a command to stop a fight, etc., is recorded from 1936.
Example
- 1. Yes , the pain of a breakup would be severe .
- 2. The economic costs of a breakup would be staggering for creditor and debtor nations .
- 3. This time-lapse series of images shows the progression of the ice breakup .
- 4. Nowadays , a eurozone breakup has become one of the most widely discussed possible shocks .
- 5. Ever since her breach of her mother 's command and the subsequent breakup of the bulk of their brood , she was even more careful .