Break up and Crack

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Break up verb - To yield to mental or emotional stress.

Usage example: the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp

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Crack is a synonym for break up. In some cases you can use "Crack" instead the word "Break up" as a verb or a noun.

Crack verb - To yield to mental or emotional stress.

Usage example: after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession

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Break up is a synonym for crack. Sometimes you can use "Break up" instead a verb "Crack".

Nearby Words: cracked, cracking, crackle, cracker, crackled

As an example, Brad/Tina and Holger/Kimmie (the latter was foiled, because Cam had Holger's cellphone, and thus was getting the order instead, thus getting paired with Kimmie.) When the machine responsible for these often crack pairings is destroyed, most of those couples instantly break up.

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