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"ref": "2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53:",
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"text": "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]",
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"ref": "2021 August 25, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: A dumb way to die”, in RAIL, number 938, page 3:",
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"text": "She broke up with her boyfriend last week.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship."
],
"links": [
[
"relationship",
"relationship"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English reciprocal verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Jane and Stephen broke up.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other."
],
"links": [
[
"relationship",
"relationship"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"reciprocal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:",
"text": "At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
"text": "So the meeting broke up, and the torchlight grew dimmer, and died away as it had come in a red flicker on the roof, and the footsteps sounded fainter as they went up the passage, until the vault was left to the dead men and me.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To dissolve; to part."
],
"links": [
[
"dissolve",
"dissolve"
],
[
"part",
"part"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2021 August 25, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: A dumb way to die”, in RAIL, number 938, page 3:",
"text": "Once the schools break up for the holidays, children across the country are at a loose end and instances of kids doing stupid things on the railway become far too common.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Telecommunications"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Lady Gaga et al. (lyrics and music), “Telephone”:",
"text": "what did you say? you're breaking up on me",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate."
],
"links": [
[
"telecommunications",
"telecommunications"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police came in to break up the disturbance.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting."
],
"links": [
[
"stop",
"stop"
],
[
"fight",
"fight"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become disorganised."
],
"links": [
[
"disorganised",
"disorganised"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1940 December, “Notes and News: Locomotive News”, in Railway Magazine, pages 667–668:",
"text": "Ex-Brighton \"I4\" 4-4-2 tank No. 2034, the last of its class, and \"02\" 0-4-4 tank No. 214 have been broken up.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1948 November and December, Reginald H. Coe, “The Holden 2-4-0 Locomotives of the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 366:",
"text": "It may not be known generally that the tenders of the scrapped engines of this class were found to be in too good a condition to be broken up, and are now attached to Class \"J15\" 0-6-0 goods.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cut or take to pieces for scrap."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be or cause to be overcome with laughter."
],
"links": [
[
"laughter",
"laughter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-break up.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/En-au-break_up.ogg/En-au-break_up.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/En-au-break_up.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "break-up"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "ndaj"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "rikkoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "särkeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "murentaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "rompre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "couper"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "spezzettare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "tagliuzzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "frantumare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "dissodare"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhanakti",
"sense": "transitive: to break or separate into pieces",
"word": "भनक्ति"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "trohel",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "տրոհել"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fěnsuì",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "粉碎"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pòsuì",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "破碎"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "särkyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "hajota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "mennä rikki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "se casser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "se briser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "se rompre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gac̣q̇veṭa",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "გაწყვეტა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gac̣doma",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "გაწდომა"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "hancur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "pecah"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "disintegrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "rompere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "ridurre in mille pezzi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "fare a pezzi"
},
{
"alt": "こわれる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kowareru",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "壊れる"
},
{
"alt": "ふんさいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "funsai-suru",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "粉砕する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "dīlābor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbivátʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разбива́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbítʹsja",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разби́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "romperse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intransitive: to disintegrate",
"word": "splittras"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "ndahem"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "ayrılmaq"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "deng³ bou¹",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "掟煲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēnshǒu",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "分手"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "分開"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fēnkāi",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "分开"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuī",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "吹"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozejít se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "gå fra hinanden"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "slå op"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "uit elkaar gaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"note": "with kun",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "rompi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "erota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "panna poikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "tehdä bänät"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "rompre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "casser"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gac̣q̇viṭa urtiertoba",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "გაწყვიტა ურთიერთობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gac̣q̇viṭa ḳavširi",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "გაწყვიტა კავშირი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "auseinander gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "Schluss machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "szakít"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "putus"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "rompere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "terminare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "lasciarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "separarsi"
},
{
"alt": "わかれる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wakareru",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "別れる"
},
{
"alt": "てをきる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "te o kiru",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "手を切る"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heeojida",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "헤어지다"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "slå opp"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "zerwać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "terminar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "acabar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasxodítʹsja",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расходи́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razojtísʹ",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разойти́сь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstavátʹsja",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расстава́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstátʹsja",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "расста́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "terminar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "romper"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "partir peras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "planchar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "göra slut"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "ayrılmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "chia tay"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to end a relationship",
"word": "abıriyen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "hajaantua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "cesser"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "terminare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "finere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "concludersi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "terminar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dissolve; to part",
"word": "desarticular"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term",
"word": "ndahem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term",
"word": "mennä kiinni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term",
"word": "sulkea ovensa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term",
"word": "concludersi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term",
"word": "completarsi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection",
"word": "hävitä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection",
"word": "s’interrompre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection",
"word": "concludere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection",
"word": "terminare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection",
"word": "finire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection",
"word": "interrompere"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻandvel",
"sense": "to be overcome with laughter",
"word": "քանդվել"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "fight",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "lopettaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "crowd",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "hajottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "mettre fin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "mettre un terme"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "separare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "dividere"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop a fight",
"word": "separar"
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"sense": "to become disorganised",
"word": "hajota"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become disorganised",
"word": "levitä käsiin"
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