verb
- Separate into parts or portions.
- usage: "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
- Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
- usage: "cleave the bone"
- Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
- usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
- Go one's own way; move apart.
- usage: "The friends separated after the party"
- Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.
- usage: "The bubble burst"
- synonyms: burst, split, break open