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breakup

 noun
     
break‧up [uncountable and countable]
1 the act of ending a marriage or relationship:
the breakup of her marriage
2 the separation of a group, organization, or country into smaller parts
breakup of
the breakup of the Soviet Union

➔ break up

at break1
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