federation breaks up
Frequency: 6.03.5 per million words
Used when a federation dissolves or separates into smaller parts.
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- The federation broke up in 1989.
- After years of internal conflict, the federation finally broke up.
- Political tensions caused the federation to break up into independent states.
- The Soviet federation broke up following economic collapse.
- Regional differences led the federation to break up peacefully.
- When the federation broke up, six new countries emerged.
- The sports federation broke up due to corruption scandals.
- Economic pressures forced the trade federation to break up.
- The federation broke up after the central government lost control.
- Constitutional disagreements caused the federation to break up in the 1990s.