1. [v]  laugh unrestrainedly
2. [v]  separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical substances
3. [v]  cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
4. [v]  break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"; "I don't want to break up the group"
5. [v]  terminate (legally); "Their marriage dissolved"
6. [v]  close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
7. [v]  cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
8. [v]  make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
9. [v]  release ice; of icebergs or glaciers
10. [v]  take apart into its constituent pieces
11. [v]  attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
12. [v]  set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
13. [v]  break violently or noisily; smash;
14. [v]  destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
15. [v]  suffer a nervous breakdown
16. [v]  come apart
17. [v]  to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows."
18. [v]  discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

Breakup
Reminiscent of The Story of O , this is the erotically charged chronicle of a year in the tempestuous life of an 18-year marriage and literary partnership as it self-destructs in the aftermath of the ultimate betrayal.

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