EGAVE

breakup

About 1.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
  2. noun The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
  3. noun A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
  4. noun The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

Similar words

separation dissolution detachment break-up dismantling dismantlement dislocation disband severance breakdown

Often followed by

of and with in is was or time into

Word family

breakups

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