split up

split up

vb (adverb) 1. (tr) to separate out into parts; divide2. (intr) to become separated or parted through disagreement: they split up after years of marriage. 3. to break down or be capable of being broken down into constituent parts: I have split up the question into three parts. n the act or an instance of separating

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	split up - an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"stock split, splitstep-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
Verb	1.	split up - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"divorcebreak up, part, split, split up, separate, break - 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"
	2.	split up - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"carve up, dissever, divide, split, separatechange integrity - change in physical make-upsubdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as unitslot - divide into lots, as of land, for exampleparcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splintersparagraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"canton - divide into cantons, of a countryBalkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states
	3.	split up - 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"break up, part, split, separate, breakgive the bounce, give the gate, give the axe - terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"disunify, break apart - break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989"disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce - part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"break with - end a relationship; "China broke with Russia"split up, divorce - get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"secede, splinter, break away - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"break away, break - interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
	4.	split up - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"come apart, break, fall apart, separatechange integrity - change in physical make-upburst, break open, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"puncture - be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"bust, burst - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"ladder, run - come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"snap, crack - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

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