Break up
Break up verb - To cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization.
Both terms in one sentence
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When Malcolm's bodyguards leave their posts to break up the fight, another man lets off a smoke bomb so everyone will start running around in panic, whereupon the assassins move in and shoot Malcolm.
Source: Film / Malcolm X -
Break Up Song: "Ball And Chain" I hope here's someone out there who could tell me Why the man I love wanna leave me in so much pain?
Source: Music / Cheap Thrills - Exact Eavesdropping: Invoked by Danny and Sam by faking a break up so that the ghosts trying to break them up would leave them alone.
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