break apart

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break apart - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  break apart
      v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble,
           dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant:
           assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack,
           tack together]
      2: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break up,
         break apart]
      3: break up or separate; "The country is disunifying";
         "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" [syn: disunify, break   apart
         ] [ant: merge, unify, unite]