Question

The police came in to break up the disturbance.

Accepted Answer

(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive, idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic) To stophttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stop a fighthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fight; to separate people who are fighting.

Sentence	The police came in to break up the disturbance.
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic ) To stop https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stop a fight https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fight ; to separate people who are fighting.

Police Break Disturbance Separate People Fighting