break up

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  1. laugh unrestrainedly
  2. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
  3. cause to separate
  4. break or cause to break into pieces
  5. come to an end
  6. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
  7. close at the end of a session
  8. cause to go into a solution
  9. make a break in
  10. release ice
  11. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
  12. set or keep apart
  13. break violently or noisily; smash
  14. destroy the completeness of a set of related items
  15. take apart into its constituent pieces
  16. suffer a nervous breakdown
  17. come apart
  18. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  19. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

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