Break
Divorce
Divorce verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: in your head you need to divorce your wishes and fantasies from the realities of the world as it is
Break is a synonym for divorce in assemble topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Divorce" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as breach, split-up of marriage.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| high | high break | high divorce |
| clean | clean break | clean divorce |
| long | long break | long divorce |
| complete | complete break | complete divorce |
| Other adjectives: nasty, real, quick, temporary, sudden, magical. | ||
Common collocations
| story | break story | divorce story |
Both words in one sentence
- The CSI franchise also uses the divorce or break-up variant for both sexes.
Source: Defenestrate and Berate -
Particularly obvious as they were in the process of finalizing their divorce and had made a relatively clean break at the end of the first season meaning that having them both choose to move on wouldn't have been an unreasonable part of the plot.
Source: Series / Fairly Legal - She offers to divorce her new husband to get back together with Chuck, but he doesn't want to break up her new family.
Source: Accidental Adultery
Cite this Source
Divorce and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/divorce
Break & Divorce. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/divorce>.
Divorce or Break. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/divorce.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "break" and "divorce" have occurred on timeline