BREAKUP


Meaning of BREAKUP in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

( -s )

Etymology: break up

1. : a disruption or dissolution into component parts : an ending as an effective entity

the breakup of the empire

the breakup of a political party

the breakup of a marriage

2. : division into smaller units

the breakup of the large estates

3. : the breaking, melting, and loosening of ice in streams and harbors in the spring

4. : decomposition , disintegration

5. : an excavation upward to the arch level made in tunneling from bottom drifts to provide a new face

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