· to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Synonym(s): disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter
· discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
Synonym(s): separate, part, split_up, split, break
· come apart; "the group broke up"
Hypernym(s): separate, part, split
· break violently or noisily; smash
Synonym(s): crash, break_apart
Hypernym(s): disintegrate
· make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
Synonym(s): interrupt, disrupt, cut_off
Hypernym(s): break, break_off, discontinue, stop
· cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
Hypernym(s): change_integrity
· suffer a nervous breakdown
Synonym(s): crack_up, crack, crock_up, collapse
Hypernym(s): suffer, sustain, have, get
· take apart into its constituent pieces
Synonym(s): disassemble, dismantle, take_apart, break_apart
Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct
· destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
Synonym(s): break
Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify
· set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
Synonym(s): sever
Hypernym(s): separate, disunite, divide, part
· attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
Synonym(s): pick
Hypernym(s): pierce
· release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
Synonym(s): calve
Hypernym(s): separate, divide, part
· close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
Hypernym(s): end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
· bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
Synonym(s): dissolve
· come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
Synonym(s): dissolve
· break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
Synonym(s): fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
Hypernym(s): break, separate, split_up, fall_apart, come_apart
· cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
Hypernym(s): change_integrity
· separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Synonym(s): decompose, break_down
Hypernym(s): separate
· laugh unrestrainedly
Synonym(s): crack_up
Hypernym(s): laugh, express_joy, express_mirth