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Breakup

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

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Alteration 76% connected

The act of altering or making different.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Modification 76% connected

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Annulment 76% connected

The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

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Breach 76% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Invalidation 76% connected

The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.

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Rift 76% connected

p. p. of Rive.

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Rupture 76% connected

The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the ruptu…

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Severance 76% connected

The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.

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Detachment 92% connected

The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dissolution 92% connected

The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Separation 92% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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