also breakup
(~s)
1.
The ~ of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully.
...the acrimonious ~ of the meeting’s first session.
...a marital ~.
= collapse
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2.
The ~ of an organization or a country is the act of it separating or dividing into several parts.
...the ~ of British Rail for privatisation...
At no time did a majority of Czechoslavakia’s citizens support the country’s ~.
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