breaks up

present tense third-person singular of break up
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as in disbands
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful

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as in cracks
to yield to mental or emotional stress the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp

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Verb
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  • The man with the alter ego of Joker collapses in a gruesomely bloody heap and dies, while the inmate laughs — and, out of focus and almost out of frame, cuts his own mouth into a wider smile.
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  • Over time, the mask dissolves from a white gel into a clear film, which peels off with ease to reveal bouncy, dewy skin underneath.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • The pair said they were resigned to staying in the shelter until the war ends.
    Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Prosecutors said that about 3 minutes and 10 seconds into the video, Neely ceases all purposeful movement.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Getting dressed ceases to be a compromise.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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  • But what really separates the most impactful individuals from the rest is the ability to recognize the things that could wait, but shouldn’t.
    Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Building a lexicon around shame creates an easy dichotomy − one that separates foods, and our desire for them, into good and bad, sinful and pure, moral and amoral.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • The Texas Supreme Court halts the execution of Robert Roberson.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Presiding over a lawsuit filed by The Indianapolis Star and other media organizations after the buffer law took effect last year, Judge James Sweeney issued a preliminary injunction Friday that halts enforcement of the law as litigation unfolds.
    Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Breaks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaks%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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