breakup
Valid in Scrabble
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- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
/ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/
Definition of breakup
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
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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."”
- A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
- (Canada, Northern)The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Deverbal from break up.
Words you can make from breakup
81 playable · top: BAKER (11 pts)
Best play baker 11 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
30 words- BAKE 10 pts
- BARK 10 pts
- BEAK 10 pts
- BERK 10 pts
- BURK 10 pts
- KAPU 10 pts
- KBAR 10 pts
- KERB 10 pts
- PARK 10 pts
- PEAK 10 pts
- PERK 10 pts
- PUKE 10 pts
- BURP 8 pts
- PUBE 8 pts
- RAKE 8 pts
- RAKU 8 pts
- APER 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEAU 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BURA 6 pts
- PARE 6 pts
- PEAR 6 pts
- PRAU 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- RAPE 6 pts
- REAP 6 pts
- RUBE 6 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- KAB 9 pts
- KEP 9 pts
- PAK 9 pts
- ARK 7 pts
- AUK 7 pts
- BAP 7 pts
- KAE 7 pts
- KEA 7 pts
- KUE 7 pts
- PUB 7 pts
- UKE 7 pts
- APE 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BUR 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RUB 5 pts
- URB 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
2-letter words
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