vverb.creationtake apart into its constituent piecesSynset:break up disassemble dismantle take apart
Antonyms:assemble
Derivationally Related Form:dismantlingdismantlement
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:disassembledestroyunmake
Direct Hyponyms:strike
Full Troponyms:strike
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactbreak violently or noisily; smashSynset:break up crash
Hypernyms:disintegrate
Inherited Hypernyms:crashdisintegratechange integritychange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP | The glass tubes --- (apply to: crash)
vverb.changebreak up or separateSynset:disunify
Examples:- The country is disunifying
- Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989
Antonyms:unify
Hypernyms:break break up part separate split split up
Inherited Hypernyms:disunifyseparate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s