break up vs crosscut

break up

verb
  • To cut or take to pieces for scrap. 

  • To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other. 

  • Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate. 

  • To dissolve; to part. 

  • To break or separate into pieces. 

  • Become disorganised 

  • Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term. 

  • be or cause to be overcome with laughter 

  • To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship. 

  • To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting. 

  • To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart. 

  • To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness. 

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

How often have the words break up and crosscut occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )