breakup
noun/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/
Etymology Deverbal from break up.
1
The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
- Several factors led to speculation that the accident might have been caused by a bomb or missile strike, including heightened safety and security concerns because of the 1996 Olympics then being held in the United States, the fact that TWA flight 800 was an international flight, and the sudden and catastrophic nature of the in-flight breakup.2000 August 23, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage Recovery and Documentation Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic Ocean, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, Boeing 747-131, N93119, Near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2022, page 65:
2
The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.
- "Eventually, I just pieced it together, figuring your butting heads could probably be explained by a break up. Years of anime shipping trained me for this."2018 November 21, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1101 - Rose:
3
A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
4
Canada, Northern The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
- Synonyms
- rupture, split, split-up, falling out
- Antonyms
- freeze-up
- Derived terms
- postbreakup, third-act breakup
- Related terms
- breakdown, breakoff