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
- Subverted nicely in the Will Smith film Hitch, where the object of his affections took the word of a known Smug Snake, with every reason to lie, and proceeded to break up with Hitch without explanation, then trash him in her gossip column, before confronting him at a restaurant one night.
Source: You Know What You Did -
Space Engineers have trash compactors as a popular way to salvage derelict space ships; shove a ship in one, turn on the grinders to break up the ship, and activate the mechanism to push the walls (and the ship) towards the grinders.
Source: The Walls Are Closing In
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